EU demands new Turkish penal code
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The European Commission says it will advise EU leaders that accession talks with Turkey should not begin unless Ankara adopts a new penal code.
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Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the European Union on Friday not to meddle in Turkey&#39;s domestic affairs after an EU Commission spokesman expressed concern over a delay in key penal code reforms.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with European Union officials in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions with the bloc over his government's plan to make adultery a crime.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is debating reforms to the country&#39;s penal code which would include making adultery a crime. The controversial proposal is part of sweeping changes to Turkey&#39;s laws intended to bring them
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BRUSSELS Turkey faced stiff calls on Monday to abandon a proposed law outlawing adultery in order to keep its campaign to join the European Union on track.
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The European Union (EU) must admit Turkey in order to show that it is not opposed to Islam and it is not a Christian Club, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
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The Turkish Parliament on Sunday approved a sweeping revision of the country&#39;s penal code to bring it closer to European Union norms, a step aimed at enhancing the prospect of Turkish membership in the 25-nation bloc.
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The EU enlargement commissioner says  Turkey's plans to make adultery a crime could affect its chances of joining the EU.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament last night bowed to European Union demands and passed a liberalising penal code which should open the way to talks with Ankara on EU membership.
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The European Commission plans to delay Turkish accession talks until Ankara adopts a new penal code.
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Some European Union countries are seeking tougher sanctions on Turkey than the partial freeze in membership talks proposed by the European Commission over its failure to open ports to ships from Cyprus, Reuters ...Comment
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The reforms, part of Ankaraâs efforts to bring Turkeyâs laws and regulations into line with those of the European Union in order to boost its chances of being given a date to open accession talks with the bloc, are the largest overhaul of the Penal
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The possible inclusion of adultery as a criminal offence in the Turkish Penal Code has sent Turkey&#39;s EU membership aspirations into a tailspin.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party will recall parliament from its summer recess on Sept. 28 to consider a revamped penal code that the European Union has linked to the start of accession talks, said Deniz Baykal, the party&#39;s leader.
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EU Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen warned Turkey that proposals to revamp the Turkish penal code, which would include the return of punishment for adultery, should not divert the country from its path to EU membership.
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Turkey has said it is disappointed that the EU asked Ankara to recognise Cyprus as a condition of its historic offer to begin membership talks.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is meeting Sunday in an emergency session scheduled to amend the country&#39;s penal code. The criminal law reform is a condition set by the European Union for launching formal talks on Turkey&#39;s application for EU membership.