Turkish PM says headscarf opponents divide nation
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused opponents of the Islamic-style headscarf for women of trying to sow division in secular but predominantly Muslim Turkey.
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There was the possibility that there could be an increase in violence from radical Islamists should the EU does not accept Turkey into the block, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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ISTANBUL -- A top Turkish general said yesterday that increasingly powerful Islamist forces are threatening the country's secular system, and that the army would play its role in defending the country against them. General Ilker Basbug's comments appeared to be aimed at the Islamic-rooted government and the European Union officials who have called on the military to limit its role ...
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Tuesday that Turkey should focus on battling Kurdish guerrillas at home rather than in northern Iraq.
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Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown out of Turkey's parliament for wearing a Muslim-style headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
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Turkey's army chief warns that the nation's secular system is being threatened by "centres of evil".
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TURKEYâS prime minister said admitting his Muslim-majority country to the European Union would contribute to &quot;reconciliation between civilisations&quot;.
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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for lifting a ban on headscarves at state universities.
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Turkey's top general calls for more demonstrations in defence of secularism after a judge's murder.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  repeated on Wednesday his criticism of comments made by Pope  Benedict about Islam that sparked Muslim protests and said even  a politician would not have spoken in such a way.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday indicated he would resist calls from the influential military for an incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there.
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Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown  out of Turkey&#39;s parliament for wearing a Muslim-style  headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious  rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
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Turkeyâs prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for help in the struggle against Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim who has vowed to respect the separation of Islam and state, faces his first task Wednesday &#151; reviewing a list of possible Cabinet ministers &#151; while under close scrutiny from secularist opponents.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticized EU countries for not cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.
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Turkey's Alevi Muslims have been branded "pagans" for their musical ceremonies and liberal customs but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is seeking their votes as his party reaches out beyond its devout Sunni Muslim base.
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ANKARA, Feb 11 (IPS) - Thanks to an alliance between the ruling Justice  and Development (AK) and Nationalist Action (MH) parties, the  Turkish Grand National Assembly has approved legislation to lift  the ban on wearing the Muslim headscarf for female students at  universities.