Parties clash over possible Turkish membership
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GÃ¼nter Verheugen, the German who has been the European Union&#39;s commissioner for enlargement since 1999, was in an optimistic mood last April.
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The prime ministerâs party took a strong lead, setting the stage for a final confrontation over who should run Turkey.
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A vote in Parliament set the stage for a showdown with the secular elite over Islamâs place in Turkish society.
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European Union foreign ministers were battling to forge a deal on slowing down Turkey's EU membership talks over Ankara's failure to respect its trade obligations to Cyprus.
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ANKARA: Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday Ankara would not recognise Europe Union member Cyprus &quot;directly or indirectly&quot; while there was no final agreement on reuniting the Mediterranean island.
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government's proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey's chances of membership.
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Turks elect a new parliament on Sunday in what has been billed as one of the most important polls of their recent history following a clash between the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party and the nation's secular elite.
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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 French parliament is to debate Turkey's wish to join the EU, an increasingly divisive issue in France.
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
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Commentators in Switzerland are divided about the effect of Turkey's possible entry into the European Union, following a recommendation to start talks with Ankara.
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ANKARA/BRUSSELS  - Turkey signaled growing unease  on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special  conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted  it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate  country.
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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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Debate about reforms to Turkey&#39;s penal code, critical to the country&#39;s bid to join the European Union, has highlighted the relationship between the mainly-Muslim state and the 25-member bloc.
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The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, touring Europe to gain support for Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union, sharply objected Thursday to plans by several countries to let domestic ...
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s