Turkey's Erdogan faces rocky road after big win
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish separatist violence and Ankara's troubled EU bid.
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Turkey's bid to join the European Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban adultery in his Muslim nation.
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Bickering within Turkey&#39;s ruling party on whether adultery is a crime or not brought Ankara and the EU to the brink of crisis Friday, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply telling the European body not to meddle in his country&#39;s domestic affairs
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ANKARA/STRASBOURG, France  - Prime Minister Tayyip  Erdogan voiced confidence on Wednesday that Turkey would win a  date for opening long-delayed European Union entry talks at a  landmark summit of the bloc's 25 leaders this week.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim, held his first palace receptions last week and observers noted two seemingly trivial details: Alcohol was served, and the leader's wife and top military generals didn't show up.
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BAGHDAD - Turkey's decision to allow the dispatch of troops over Iraq's border in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas throws into relief a troubling quandary for Iraq's leaders.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey&#39;s prime minister, has been travelling so much recently that most Turks have to turn on their television to find out where he is.
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The European Union's historic recommendation to put Turkey on the road to membership was a bittersweet victory for Kurds like Mevlut Cetinkaya.
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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 re-elected leader says he will continue reforms, but vows to respect the country's secular tradition.
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BRUSSELS Turkey won a victory in Brussels on Wednesday, but it was only a victory of sorts. By recommending that negotiations could begin, the European Union lifted the gates to the vast, poor Muslim nation of 71 million people.
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Turkey is navigating a treacherous path between the forces that want to pull it closer toward Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Turkey's bid to join the European  Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip  Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban  adultery in his Muslim nation.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Turkish Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that this weekend's Iraqi  election would not be fully democratic and was unlikely to stem  violence or help stabilize the country.
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Turkey&#39;s Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid a visit to France to defend Ankara&#39;s application to the EU. In French media, he expressed concerns over the terms of the debate in France.
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ISTANBUL, Dec. 5 (IPS) - On its long and winding road to becoming the first  Muslim nation of the European Union, Turkey's accession  talks are heading towards a breakdown. The question is whether  there will be a minor collision or a major crash that could  eventually derail its membership bid.
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A devout Muslim won Turkey's presidency yesterday after months of confrontation with the secular establishment, promising to be impartial and praising the idea that Islam and the state should be separate.