Turkey debates banning adultery
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Turkey's parliament discusses plans to criminalise adultery, but the EU warns they could hurt its hopes of joining the bloc.
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The Turkish Parliament on Sunday approved a revision of the country&#39;s penal code, after the government dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery.
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BRUSSELS Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union on Thursday after it said it would pass penal code reforms and was abandoning a clause that would have criminalized adultery.
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A row over adultery has thrown light onto the darker corners of the relationship between Turkey and the EU, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond.
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Turkey&#39;s two main political parties have signalled the government may be dropping plans for a controversial adultery ban that has outraged liberals, unnerved markets and
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with European Union officials in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions with the bloc over his government's plan to make adultery a crime.
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Turkey&#39;s government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.
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Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday challenged a ban on women wearing head scarves in universities and public offices, saying there is no need to wait for a constitutional change to remove the ban, state-run media said.
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Turkey's government pulls a crucial legal reform package from debate  amid controversy over an adultery clause.
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Hundreds of Turkish women marched on parliament Tuesday to protest a proposal to outlaw adultery, a measure that could undermine the Muslim nation's hopes of being accepted into the prosperous European Union.
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Turkey and Iraq try to iron out reported differences over a deal to allow Turkish troops to chase Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Turkey&#39;s capital Tuesday to protest proposed legislation to make adultery a crime. A crowd of about 500, mostly women, marched from Ankara&#39;s central square to parliament
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey&#39;s Islamic-rooted ruling party was planning to introduce a proposal to criminalize adultery despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, Turkish media reported Thursday.
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Bickering within Turkey&#39;s ruling party on whether adultery is a crime or not brought Ankara and the EU to the brink of crisis Friday, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply telling the European body not to meddle in his country&#39;s domestic affairs
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - Turkey's governing party has shelved a proposal to make adultery a crime after protests from women's groups and warnings from the European Union that such a law could jeopardize the country's chances of joining the European Union, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Turkey&#39;s government will probably drop a plan to make adultery punishable by jail, a step that threatened to damage its bid to start membership talks with the European Union, lawmakers at the country&#39;s parliament said.
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Turkish smokers fretted on Thursday over an impending ban on smoking in bars, cafes and restaurants that many commentators believe is unenforceable in the nation of nicotine addicts.