Conditions on Turkey &#39;not new&#39;
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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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EU President Finland said today a Turkish offer to open one port to Cypriot ships did not go far enough and expected member states next week to agree on a partial freeze of accession talks with Ankara.Comment
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions on Friday 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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Turkey&#39;s &#39;moment of truth&#39; is fast approaching. On October 6, the European Commission is due to publish its report on whether or not Turkey is ready to start negotiations for membership of the European Union.
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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 start of Turkey&#39;s negotiations to enter the European Union now rests on one question: will it recognize Cyprus? European leaders insist it will, but messages from Ankara remain muted.
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The European Union has made clear to Turkey that it cannot start negotiations on joining the union, until Ankara reforms its penal code.
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The European Union laid out a set of strict conditions Wednesday for Turkey&#39;s accession into the Union, the Financial Times reported.
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BRUSSELS  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara&#39;s bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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Two reports on Turkey&#39;s application to join the European Union point to potential benefits from its membership, but highlight continuing human rights violations and Ankara&#39;s failure
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European Commission is due to report whether Ankara has met the democracy and human rights criteria to start entry negotiations. &quot;It is however the case that if this proposal .
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The European Commission has given Turkey the go-ahead to begin talks to join the European Union, but set a series of tough conditions and warned that there is no guarantee the negotiations will be successful.
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The European Union will not set Turkey any fresh conditions to fulfil in order to gain a date to start entry talks with the bloc, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Wednesday.
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Two EU reports on Turkey's membership bid suggest negotiations could take at least 10 years.
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The EU Commission is likely to give the go-ahead Wednesday for opening talks with Ankara about its membership bid. But it won&#39;t silence the controversial debate over whether Turkey belongs in the EU in the first place.
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The European Commission on Monday fine-tuned a crunch report on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU, expected to give a green light but warn of a long road ahead, as Ankara demanded that no special conditions be set.
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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.