EU Offers Turkey October 2005 Start Date for Talks
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European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to offer Turkey a date of Oct. 3, 2005 to begin negotiations on its membership of the bloc, said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU will enter a new phase on Wednesday (6 October) when the European Commission will publish a report expected to play a decisive role in whether the country is given a starting date for accession talks.
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European Union leaders have agreed to start talks on Turkey&#39;s membership in the bloc in October of 2005, but they will ask Turkey to recognize the ethnic Greek government of Cyprus before negotiations begin.
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Ambassadors from the European Union&#39;s 25 member states are set to begin talks in Brussels today on what the bloc might offer Turkey during a key summit later this month.
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European Union leaders and Turkey  agreed on Friday the terms on which Ankara will start  membership talks with the bloc next October, an EU government  official said.
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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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After years of delays, the European Union's head office is likely to recommend that Turkey begin membership talks with the bloc &#151; an endorsement that comes with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.
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The European Commission was set to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey start accession talks with the European Union, finally unveiling its watershed decision after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.
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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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Germany will support the start of European Union membership talks with Turkey if the EU Commission gives the go-ahead next month, a government spokesman said Friday.
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EU leaders agree at a summit in Brussels to begin membership talks with Turkey on 3 October next year.
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EU leaders will begin membership talks with Turkey on 3 October 2005.  Do you think Turkey should join the EU?
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European Union leaders agreed on  Thursday to offer Turkey a date of Oct. 3, 2005 to begin  negotiations on its membership of the bloc, said Italian Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Next month the European Union will hear a progress report on Turkish membership.
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The European Union expects Turkey to  initial an accord Friday giving Cyprus de facto recognition and  sign it before Ankara opens EU membership talks on Oct. 3,  2005, a draft summit statement said Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union leaders agreed to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership but Turkey's prime minister said more talks are needed before his government could decide whether to accept the offer.
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 13 (MNA) â- Iranâs nuclear spokesman Hossein Musavian announced on Monday that talks on the trade agreement between Iran and European Union would resume in early January, 2005.