Turkey debates reviving criminal law on adultery
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Chicago Tribune - A proposal to again criminalize adultery, inserted at the last minute in a reform package designed to bring Turkish law in line with European Union standards, may wind up hurting Turkey's chances of joining the EU.
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ANKARA - Hundreds of women marched through Ankara on Tuesday to protest against the government&#39;s attempts to make adultery a criminal offence.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU executives, when they meet in Brussels tomorrow, will test each other&#39;s limits in a row over Turkey&#39;s delay in reforming its penal code prompted by the premier&#39;s insistence on criminalizing adultery.
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ANKARA, Turkey - A special session of parliament approved legal reforms Sunday aimed at opening the way for Turkey to begin membership talks with the European Union after the governing party dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery, a plan that had upset EU leaders.    The vote came before an Oct...
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ISTANBUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - Turkey may still aspire to speedy talks to join the  EU, but its move to make adultery a crime is in the way.
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The possible inclusion of adultery as a criminal offence in the Turkish Penal Code has sent Turkey&#39;s EU membership aspirations into a tailspin.
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Polling was suspended 10 days ago in a row over whether to include a bill to criminalise adultery. After a week of wobble when Turkey&#39;s European ambitions appeared to have stalled, the end of the country&#39;s marathon reform process is in sight.
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ANKARA: Turkey&#39;s bid for membership of the European Union is back on track after the parliament passed far-reaching penal code reforms designed to improve the Muslim nation&#39;s human rights record.
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ANKARA - Turkey&#39;s parliament met Sunday to consider reforms that would bring some of the country&#39;s criminal laws up to European Union standards.
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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 meets in extraordinary session Tuesday to push through a massive series of amendments to the country&#39;s fascist-inspired penal code, but the effort aimed at easing Ankara&#39;s EU entry bid could backfire because of a clause making
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ANKARA, Turkey  - Parliament overwhelmingly approved Sunday legal reforms expected to boost Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union after the governing party dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery that EU leaders sharply opposed.
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The opposition in Turkey says the government has reversed plans to criminalise adultery.
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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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The European Commission laid out its opposition to plans by Turkey to criminalise adultery yesterday. The proposed law threatens to destabilise Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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ANKARA - Turkey backed off yesterday on plans to criminalize adultery, which were threatening the country&#39;s prospects of joining the European Union.
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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.