Turkish MPs face dash for reform
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The Turkish opposition urges an early recall of parliament to adopt penal reforms demanded by the EU.
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party looks on course to win enough votes on Sunday to govern alone again in an election that has focused on the separation of state and religion.
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Turkey's parliament voted in a first round on Thursday to change the constitution to lift a ban on women students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university, a measure opposed by the secular elite.
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Constitutional reform plans will expand MPs' powers and end a protest ban.
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Turkey's ruling AK Party and opposition MPs are to present a plan to ease the headscarf ban in universities.
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The Turkish parliament went into recess until October 1, leaving a crucial penal code reform package in limbo and unlikely to be enacted before the release of a vital EU report on whether or not to start membership talks with Turkey.
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Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 18, 2004 - Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings
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TURKEYâS parliament met in emergency session yesterday to approve an urgent package of reforms expected to boost the countryâs chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey&#39;s chances of membership.
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The reforms, part of Ankaraâs efforts to bring Turkeyâs laws and regulations into line with those of the European Union in order to boost its chances of being given a date to open accession talks with the bloc, are the largest overhaul of the Penal
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ANKARA : Turkish lawmakers adopted a far-reaching penal code reform, clearing a major obstacle to the country&#39;s bid to start accession talks with the European Union.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Brussels Wednesday to assure the European Union that Turkey is committed to pro-EU reforms after his party shelved a key reform package amid hard-liners' demands that it include a proposal to outlaw adultery.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament held a second round vote Friday to elect a president, but frontrunner Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was only expected to secure the post in a third ballot next week.
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Turkish MPs are expected to elect a controversial former Islamist, Abdullah Gul, as president of the republic.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 26, 2004 - 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
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Turkey's parliament is to take a controversial decision on whether to send troops to Lebanon.