Turkish Talks With EU Can&#39;t End Without `Huge Shock,&#39; Lamy Says
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European Union talks with Turkey about membership in the 25-nation bloc can&#39;t be halted without sending a ``huge shock&#39;&#39; through the Middle East, European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said.
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European officials issued their harshest condemnation yet of the euro&#39;s recent surge, in a joint statement after a monthly meeting yesterday.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was confident Thursday that Turkey could cope with the stringent conditions imposed by an EU report on his country&#39;s membership bid in the bloc, as the media celebrated a &quot;historic&quot; turning point in the nation&#39;s 40-year
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DEAR readers, it is appreciable that EU has decided to begin accession talks with Ankara, even though it would not be many years before a final word is given either way.
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The European Union&#39;s decision to begin entry talks with Turkey has received a widespread welcome. But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face tough questions at home about what he has signed up to.
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To the consternation of many - but the ill-concealed glee of some - Turkey's negotiations to join the EU are threatening to grind to a halt this autumn amid a row over the divided island of Cyprus.
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The enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member-states with nine new languages has created a kind of linguistic big bang in Brussels, with new headaches for intepreters.
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With a EU deal finally in hand, some Turkish media have accused Europe of setting unacceptable terms, while others have heralded the agreement as a sign of a bright future.
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The EU's historic deal with Turkey to  open entry talks with the vast Muslim country was hailed by  supporters as a bridge builder between Europe and the Islamic  world.
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The European Union spelled out tough conditions for Turkey to start membership talks next October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime minister at a landmark summit.
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The European commission warned Turkey yesterday that it would break off entry negotiations if EU ministers found evidence of a &quot;serious and persistent&quot; breach of democratic and human rights.
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ANKARA The thorniest aspect of Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union may turn out to be the one nobody talks about - the political power wielded by Turkey&#39;s huge army.
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Turkey's stock market closes at a record high on hopes the EU will soon invite Ankara to start entry talks.
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After meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan Thursday morning, EU Expansion Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen is ready to recommend Europe start membership negotiation with Turkey.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union has won a boost when a key European Parliament committee rejected calls to offer Ankara anything less than full membership.
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BRUSSELS - Jean-Christophe Filori, the spokesman of European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, said on Monday that entry negotiations between Turkey and the EU could not start unless important parts of the draft Penal Code (TCK) were
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European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen was to meet the Turkish ambassador to the EU on Saturday to discuss his concerns on political developments in Turkey, Verheugen&#39;s spokesman said.