Turkey Rejects Special Conditions for EU Bid
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Turkey signaled growing unease on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate country.
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France prevents the EU starting membership talks with Turkey on economic and monetary policy.
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Turkey has denounced as &quot;unfair&quot; a European Union decision to slow down its troubled accession talks, but pledged to stick to the path of reform to catch up with EU standards.
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Turks are confident the European Union will entertain their bid for membership, but they worry the conditions for admission could be tough.
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Turkey registers frustration as France prevents the EU opening membership talks with Ankara in a key area.
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Turkey has bristled at a toughening of conditions for its bid to open European Union membership talks, including an explicit mention of torture, but Cyprus says the terms are not tough enough.
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The Turkish PM refuses to change his stance on the Cyprus problem ahead of a key EU summit.
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan bluntly told the European Union on Friday it had no business meddling in Turkish domestic affairs as Turkey&#39;s decades-old campaign to join the wealthy bloc turned bitter.
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The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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Turkey was warned Monday that its desire to open talks to join the European Union would be snubbed unless it passed an overhaul of its penal code, and very soon.
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European Union officials Monday rejected a French proposal to cut funding to poor nations in Eastern Europe with low tax rates that tempt investment away from their richer western neighbors.
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Turkey signaled on Tuesday it might say "no" to European Union entry talks if the bloc imposed too many conditions and also insisted it would not recognize EU member Cyprus even indirectly without a final peace ...
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Turkey will not join the European Union for at least 15 years and could only do so once France had held a referendum on the issue, French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has said.
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Turkey&#39;s hopes of joining the European Union were thrown into crisis yesterday after an attempt to introduce a new penal code tackling torture, rape and &quot;honour&quot; killings was shelved amid political faction fighting.
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The European Commission will not set  special conditions for Turkey when it decides Wednesday whether  to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, Commission  President Romano Prodi said Tuesday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuffed a European Commission plea on Friday to make a gesture toward recognition of Cyprus before EU leaders decide next week on opening membership talks with Ankara.
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The European Commission decided on  Wednesday to recommend a partial suspension of Turkey's  negotiations to join the European Union after it failed to open  its ports to EU member Cyprus, EU sources said.