Turkish press jubilant over axed adultery project
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Turkish newspapers were for the most part jubilant Wednesday after a government-opposition deal resulted in the axing Tuesday of a motion to make adultery a jailable offense in the country&#39;s new penal code.
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Turkey&#39;s Islamic-rooted ruling party will press ahead with its plan to criminalize adultery, despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, a party member said Thursday.
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Turkey's government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.
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Turkey yesterday shelved plans to criminalise adultery which were threatening the country&#39;s prospects of joining the European Union.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.    Government leaders had proposed an adultery ban as part of a major overhaul of the mostly Muslim country's 78-year-old penal code, which comes as the 25 EU states prepare to decide by end of the year whether to begin talks on Turkey's appeal for membership...
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Turkey&#39;s ruling party and the main opposition party said on Tuesday they had agreed to present key amendments to the penal code as a joint proposal, signaling that controversial plans to ban adultery may be dropped.
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Turkey&#39;s long battle for EU membership was back on track yesterday, after Ankara pledged to press ahead with key reforms and backed down over plans to criminalise adultery.
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Many of Turkey's newspapers greet the terms set out by the EU for the start of membership talks as a challenge to national honour.
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The rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Friday said it applauds the government&#39;s dropping of criminal charges against its top leaders, saying this will pave
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s Justice and Development Party (AKP) may have lost important political goodwill at home and abroad over its attempt to criminalize adultery as part of an overhaul of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), the New York Times said
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Pakistan's papers welcome the  Supreme Court's decision to allow former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return from exile.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - Turkey's governing party has shelved a proposal to make adultery a crime after protests from women's groups and warnings from the European Union that such a law could jeopardize the country's chances of joining the European Union, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Turkey&#39;s capital Tuesday to protest proposed legislation to make adultery a crime. A crowd of about 500, mostly women, marched from Ankara&#39;s central square to parliament
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A Turkish judge acquitted a prominent  author on Thursday in a case seen as a fresh test of freedom of  expression in the European Union candidate nation.
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Turkey&#39;s two main political parties have signalled the government may be dropping plans for a controversial adultery ban that has outraged liberals, unnerved markets and
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Turkey&#39;s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been given a hero&#39;s welcome by supporters on his return home from talks with the European Union.
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Turks praised Pope Benedict on  Wednesday for moves to bridge the divide between Christians and  Muslims as he began the part of his Turkey trip that is devoted  to Christian issues.