Turkey&#39;s Opposition Calls for Special Parliamentary Session
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party has called on parliament to reconvene for a special session to enact a crucial penal code reform package that is required for membership in the European Union.
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Lawmakers from Turkey&#39;s ruling and opposition parties traded blows Monday during a stormy parliamentary debate on constitutional changes that would see the president elected by popular vote.
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ANKARA, Turkey - A special session of parliament approved legal reforms Sunday aimed at opening the way for Turkey to begin membership talks with the European Union after the governing party dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery, a plan that had upset EU leaders.    The vote came before an Oct...
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Turkey's parliament discusses plans to criminalise adultery, but the EU warns they could hurt its hopes of joining the bloc.
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for active measures aimed at solving the Cyprus issue. Erdogan said Turkey can&#39;t protect its interests in Cyprus if Turkey
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week&#39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks.
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Turkeyâs prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for help in the struggle against Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
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The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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LEADING opposition party Fidesz has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate the ongoing paprika scandal.
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Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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The Turkish parliament recessed until October 1, leaving a penal code reform vital to Turkey's European aspirations in limbo as the EU warned that failure to pass the bill by October 6 &quot;will have an impact&quot; on a key EU report on whether to start accession talks with Ankara.
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Iraq's parliament on Saturday discussed a motion condemning Turkey for threatening an incursion to crack down on Kurdish rebels as Baghdad and Ankara were said to be considering a joint operation.
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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Turkey's prime minister called for dialogue and reconciliation with Armenia on Friday as the U.S. Congress weighs whether to approve a resolution calling the 1915 massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 18, 2004 - Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings
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Turkey is preparing to amend a  controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized  repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession  talks with Brussels.