Merkel seeks Turkey review
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The French and German leaders avoid setting a deadline for Turkey to comply with EU demands.
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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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Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor, said at the weekend that Turkey's progress in membership criteria had to be judged "without any manipulation" such as "this artificial pressure of time". After years ...
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) member states would also undergo a test (during the European Council to be held) on December 17th (when they are ...
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Turkey must meet its obligation to grant Cyprus trade privileges if it wants to avoid having its troubled accession talks with the European Union suspended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
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President Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will discuss Turkey&#39;s EU membership bid on Tuesday as strong advocates of entry talks, but analysts say questions remain on their stance due to domestic opposition.
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Turkish leader Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a broadside at those EU countries contemplating a referendum on the issue of Turkey's future membership of the European Union.
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The head of Germany's opposition conservatives has urged politically like-minded European Union leaders to deny Turkey full membership of the bloc.
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Cairo- German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Saturday in Cairo at the start of a tour of four Arab states in the Mideast.Comment
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By Noah BarkinBERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel will highlight the robust economic and human ties between Germany and Turkey on a visit this week, but also deliver a firm message to Ankara on its troubled bid ...Comment
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PARIS: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview published on Thursday that he is looking to President Jacques Chirac to reassure Ankara over France's backing for its bid to join the European ...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the condition of the country's armed forces and hinted at a higher defense budget for the future.
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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, facing pressure on security issues ahead of elections, will send his foreign minister to Washington next week to lobby for a crackdown on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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The Turkish prime minister calls for an inquiry into a fire in a German housing block which killed at least nine Turkish people.
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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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The European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey next week will recommend that the European Union open accession negotiations with Ankara, the German daily Bild said Sunday, quoting sources at the EU executive.