Turkish Leader Attends Contract Signing
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Turkey&#39;s prime minister on Tuesday oversaw the signing of a contract for his country&#39;s national carrier to buy 36 jets from European manufacturer Airbus for almost US$3 billion - a deal in which Turkey balanced friendship with the United States with its
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Description: European heads of state gather in Brussels for a summit to begin talks over Turkish membership in the European Union.
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The Turkish prime minister today held last-minute talks with European Union leaders before a closed-door meeting that will decide if his country can begin membership talks with the bloc.
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.
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By George Parker in Brussels, Raphael Minder in Strasbourg and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin. European leaders will on Thursday hold last-minute talks to hammer out terms under which Turkey can finally embark on the road to joining the European Union.
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The EU enlargement chief visits Ankara to assess Turkey's reforms as it strives for EU membership.
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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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TDN- Erdogan stressed in his post `yes` remarks that Turkey and the EU were now in the same team, not adversaries. We hope that will be the conviction of EU leaders, particularly when they meet on Dec.
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Turkish security teams fanned out across the Turkish capital on Tuesday before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country, where he faces public anger over his remarks on violence and Islam.
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With the Turkish prime minister lobbying to the last minute, European Union leaders Thursday night reached a historic decision to open membership talks with Turkey late next year.
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Turkey's powerful armed forces chief paid a courtesy visit to his newly elected president on Monday following accusations the general had snubbed him because of his Islamist past.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party on  Tuesday agreed to an offer by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to  seek a compromise candidate to elect as the next head of state  after months of wrangling.
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Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer called here on Sunday for strengthening international cooperation in the fight against global terrorism.
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Turkey&#39;s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been given a hero&#39;s welcome by supporters on his return home from talks with the European Union.
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Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the E.U.'s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations over membership for the predominately Muslim nation.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks over contentious issues that he has hinted could lead to a Cypriot veto of Ankara's EU membership bid.
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Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape Saturday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing