Erdogan warns European Union not to meddle in Turkey&#39;s affairs
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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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Turkey told the European Union yesterday to stop meddling in its domestic affairs as a row over a move to criminalise adultery threatened to provoke a crisis between Ankara and Brussels.
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Turkey's foreign minister says the EU should not attach conditions to Turkey's bid to start membership talks.
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PARIS Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, touring Europe to drum up support for membership in the European Union, on Thursday criticized plans by several countries to let domestic referendums eventually decide his country&#39;s future.
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many EU voters.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has defended plans to outlaw adultery that have outraged women&#39;s groups and raised eyebrows in the European Union, which Turkey aspires to join.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that European Union leaders should avoid &quot;a historic mistake&quot; when they discuss Turkey's membership bid next week.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave EU leaders a classic lesson in haggling at a crunch summit here, at one point bluntly threatening to leave if he didn't get what he wanted -- but for some the ...
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This week, as EU heads of state meet to decide the fate of Turkey&#39;s candidacy for EU membership, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be preparing his own run for the Turkish presidency.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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French President Jacques Chirac said, in a discrete statement at a European Union (EU) summit in Brussels, that EU leaders who oppose Turkey&#39;s future membership are behaving irresponsibly.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan visits Brussels to put his case for Turkey to start formal talks on joining the EU.
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There was the possibility that there could be an increase in violence from radical Islamists should the EU does not accept Turkey into the block, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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BRUSSELS The European Commission will not set special conditions for Turkey when it decides on Wednesday whether to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, the commission president, Romano Prodi, said on Tuesday.
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Turkish leader Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a broadside at those EU countries contemplating a referendum on the issue of Turkey's future membership of the European Union.
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The European Commission president  urged Turkey on Thursday to go the extra mile to show Europeans  it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared to  approve them despite misgivings by many voters.