Turkey Backs Off Plan to Outlaw Adultery
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Turkey&#39;s leaders distanced themselves from a proposal to outlaw adultery after the opposition came out against it and western governments made clear enacting the law would
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There is a chorus of approval in Turkey's papers that its bid to join the EU is back on course after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed down over banning adultery.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognize Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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Turkey's plans for new sex laws may hurt its European ambitions
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Turkish women's groups attack a plan to criminalise adultery, saying it will not be applied equally to both sexes.
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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The opposition in Turkey says the government has reversed plans to criminalise adultery.
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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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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular establishment.
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Turkey&#39;s hopes of joining the European Union were thrown into crisis yesterday after an attempt to introduce a new penal code tackling torture, rape and &quot;honour&quot; killings was shelved amid political faction fighting.
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Oslo) Norway's Parliament Thursday rejected a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children.
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The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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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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Turkey told the European Union yesterday to stop meddling in its domestic affairs as a row over a move to criminalise adultery threatened to provoke a crisis between Ankara and Brussels.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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Turkey's bid to join the European  Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip  Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban  adultery in his Muslim nation.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.