Barroso pushes for Turkey talks
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European Commission  head Jose Manuel Barroso says the EU should give Turkey a clear date to start entry talks.
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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 European Union must vote to start membership talks with Turkey immediately and without attaching more conditions when its leaders meet tomorrow in Brussels, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said.
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The European Commission president  urged Turkey on Thursday to "go the extra mile" to show  Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc  prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many voters.
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EU leaders were poised on Thursday to set a date to start accession talks with Turkey, as Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels in an optimistic mood for a spate of last-minute diplomacy.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed &#151; presumably over the divided island of Cyprus &#151; before he could accept the offer.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in London for talks focussed on the Muslim state's bid to join the European Union.
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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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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- In a move that could extend Europe&#39;s borders to the edge of the Middle East, the European Union on Wednesday recommended starting negotiations with Turkey on full membership.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to  non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a  vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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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 Franceâs backing for its bid to join the European Union.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission urged Turkey on Saturday to explain whether it planned to push through stalled EU-backed penal code reforms before Brussels decides in two weeks whether to recommend the opening of entry talks.
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The European Union opened negotiations with Turkey on two more reform areas on Wednesday as part of Ankara's bid to join the bloc.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will press Turkey to fulfill its obligations to the European Union if it wants its membership talks with the bloc to succeed when she begins her two day visit here.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday he would hold three-way talks with French and German leaders on Turkey's EU membership bid, which the two heavyweights of the bloc oppose.
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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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The European Parliament yesterday called for EU membership talks with Turkey as soon as possible, paving the way for heads of government to make an historic offer to Ankara at a meeting tonight.