Turkey closer to EU entry talks
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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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The European Union on Dec. 17 most likely will name a date to begin formal membership talks with Turkey, but several sticky issues between Brussels and Ankara may disrupt Turkish efforts to eventually join the ...
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The European Union edged closer Monday to giving Turkey the green light on membership talks, but jitters over bringing the relatively poor Muslim nation into the fold prevented a decision on a starting date.
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Turkey is battling with the European Union to overcome divisions over Cyprus, immigration and farm policy that stand as the final obstacles to EU entry talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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But Wednesday, the European Commission is expected to recommend that Turkey begin membership process.
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Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union after the country's prime minister assured the bloc Thursday that Ankara would pass legal reforms and end efforts to criminalize adultery.
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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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The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
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Turkey was on course on Wednesday 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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BRUSSELS - EU leaders gather Thursday to make a long-awaited decision on launching entry talks with Turkey, widely expected to give the green light despite last-ditch haggling over the exact terms of the offer.
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Turkey expects its troubled European Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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ANKARA - Turkeyâs entry talks with the European Union may not start until early 2006 because initial screening might not be completed until then, a Turkish official said on Monday.
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After years of delays, the European Union&#39;s head office is likely to recommend that Turkey begin membership talks with the bloc - an endorsement that comes with one key
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The European Union&#39;s decision to begin entry talks with Turkey has received a widespread welcome. But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face tough questions at home about what he has signed up to.
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BRUSSELS -- Turkey will have to accept tough conditions, including de facto recognition of Cyprus and a permanent brake on labor migration, to open European Union entry talks, according to a draft EU summit statement.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament approved on Monday a final piece of legislation sought by the European Union before a Dec. 16-17 summit at which EU leaders will decide whether Ankara is now ready to begin long-delayed entry talks.
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BusinessWeek Online - Turkey's decades-long quest to join the European Union looks set to take a great leap forward. On Oct. 6 the European Commission in Brussels is due to release its opinion on whether Turkey has met the legal conditions to start negotiations on becoming a full EU member. Then, in mid-December, Europe's 25 political leaders are scheduled to give their formal consent to opening negotiations.