Turkey sees EU talks moving forward before year-end
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Turkey expects its troubled European  Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the  year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations,  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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STRASBOURG, France:Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, awaiting an expected European Commission nod to starting EU entry talks with his country, said today he hoped negotiations would not take too long.
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European Union leaders and Turkey  agreed on Friday the terms on which Ankara will start  membership talks with the bloc next October, an EU government  official said.
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Turkey, cheered by the European Commission&#39;s backing for the start of EU entry talks, switched its focus on Thursday to a December summit of EU leaders amid
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Following two years of rapid political, judicial and economic reforms, on 17th December, Turkey has been given a date to start accession talks with EU.
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.
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The Turkish PM makes Ankara's EU goals clear in Brussels ahead of next week's key summit.
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The European Commission has given a qualified go-ahead to starting EU membership talks with Turkey, warning that negotiations could be frozen if the country backtracks on reforms.
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Turkey said on Monday it would seek  changes in the European Commission's report on its candidacy  before EU leaders meet to debate it at a summit on Dec. 17 and  decide whether to open entry talks with Ankara.
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ANKARA, Dec 20  - Membership talks between Turkey and the European Union are expected effectively to begin early in 2006 and not on October 3 next year as announced Friday after the EU summit in Brussels, a Turkish official said Monday.
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The EU summit is set to spell out dates and terms for Turkey&#39;s bid for membership on 16-17 December. Barring a last-minute upset, negotiations may begin in autumn of 2005.
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Turkey has given human rights guarantees that set the stage for a recommendation that it should begin membership talks with the European Union, the top EU officials in charge of the negotiations said Thursday.
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The European Commission is set to announce that Turkey is ready to begin negotiations on joining the EU.
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The European Union and Turkey agreed Friday to open membership talks next year for the Islamic country after the two sides overcame a snag over Turkey's relationship with the divided island of Cyprus.
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Turkey declared it had fulfilled all the political criteria for membership talks with the European Union on Sunday, three days before a recommendation from the EU&#39;s executive that will give Ankara a green light.
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Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union after the country's prime minister assured the bloc Thursday that Ankara would pass legal reforms and end efforts to criminalize adultery.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey will push to improve its democracy and human rights record regardless of whether European Union leaders decide in December to begin membership talks with Ankara, the government said Monday.