EU gives Turkey a cautious &#39;yes&#39;
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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The world&#39;s press has said that Turkey&#39;s important step towards the European Union (EU) will not only change the strategic values of the union but also change its culture, character and future.
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The European Union's head office edged closer Monday to recommending the start of membership talks with Turkey, but hinted at conditions to ensure Turkey does not backtrack on human rights reforms and to reassure Europeans wary of mass Turkish immigration.
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Friday&#39;s European papers offer a distinctly cool reaction as the prospect of &quot;Turkey in Europe&quot; appears to move one step closer.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission gave Turkeyâs hopes of joining the EU a huge boost on Thursday saying it saw âno more obstaclesâ in its way towards a âclear recommendationâ on starting EU entry talks with Ankara.
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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Germany and France offered a ringing endorsement for Turkey&#39;s eventual membership of the European Union at a bilateral summit, as French President Jacques Chirac brushed aside doubts about Paris&#39;s backing.
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EU leaders meet must decide whether to freeze the entry bid of an increasingly self-confident Turkey.
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s positive meetings yesterday in Brussels brought Turkey closer to its objective of becoming a member of the European Union (EU).
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday that Turkey must show it is willing to meet EU demands in its membership talks, denying Brussels wanted to drive it from the negotiating table.
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan voiced confidence on Wednesday that Turkey would win a date for opening long-delayed European Union entry
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The European Union has made clear to Turkey that it cannot start negotiations on joining the union, until Ankara reforms its penal code.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's drive to get his country into the European Union won strong backing from top EU officials Friday, a week before the bloc's leaders decide whether to open membership talks.
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The European Commission looks set to advise that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended.
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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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While it appeared that EU leaders were positive towards Turkey and its membership bid, Erdogan said that problems still remained, just one day before the blocâs leaders are to discuss setting a date for accession talks to begin.