Turkey begins controversial dam
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Turkey begins building a major dam, despite fears it will ruin an ancient site and displace communities.
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Pope Benedict starts one of the most delicate trips ever made by a pontiff on Tuesday when he travels to Turkey to face simmering anger sparked by his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU bid.
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Turkey has offered to open a major seaport and an airport to longtime foe Cyprus to try to keep its European Union entry talks on track, Turkish and EU officials said Thursday. The EU called the step positive but insufficient.
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BELGRADE, Dec 3 (IPS) - The parliament of the tiny republic of Montenegro  began a long awaited debate this week on building a hydropower  plant on the Tara river, one of the most attractive tourist and  nature reserves in former Yugoslavia.
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Ankara can not understand French fears over Turkeyâs bid to enter the EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a newspaper. Opposition to Turkey is running high in France and among the Paris political elite - fears Erdogan does not comprehend.
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European Union leaders are expected to approve opening talks with Turkey on its wish to join the EU during a two-day summit opening Thursday, but they will likely impose stiff conditions on Ankara.
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Commentators in Switzerland are divided about the effect of Turkey's possible entry into the European Union, following a recommendation to start talks with Ankara.
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ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey today, a change of plans that appears to signal openness to a visit that has angered many Turks.
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Turkey and Iraq try to iron out reported differences over a deal to allow Turkish troops to chase Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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A proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on a river with diverse fish stocks has set off a controversy.
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Key facts on Turkey, which hopes to win a date from the European Union this week to begin entry talks:
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Multiculturalism is stirring a bitter public debate about national identity in Turkey.
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Turkey is on course to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels late Wednesday ahead of an EU summit widely expected to give Ankara a green light to start membership negotiations with the bloc.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's president on Tuesday despite the objections of a powerful military that fears a creeping subversion of the country's secular order under the former Islamist.
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Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will discuss Cyprus and bilateral issues during a trip to Ankara that begins on Wednesday, the first official visit to Turkey by a Greek premier since 1959.
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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.