Turkish parliament may reconvene
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party has called for the swift recall of parliament to approve key reforms demanded by the European Union and says any further delay could imperil Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party looks on course to win enough votes on Sunday to govern alone again in an election that has focused on the separation of state and religion.
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Turkish lawmakers Tuesday began a decisive round of voting in presidential elections expected to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as the secular republic&#39;s first head of state with an Islamist past.
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Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown out of Turkey's parliament for wearing a Muslim-style headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
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The Turkish parliament meets in extraordinary session Tuesday to push through a massive series of amendments to the country&#39;s fascist-inspired penal code, but the effort aimed at easing Ankara&#39;s EU entry bid could backfire because of a clause making
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a package of human-rights reforms that is key to its bid to join the European Union but that stalled in a bitter dispute over a provision making adultery a crime.
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Iraqi lawmakers reconvened on Tuesday after a month-long summer recess, under mounting pressure to get legislation passed that Washington believes will help heal deep sectarian rifts in the country.
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The machinery would be put in motion Friday to recall parliament and to complete the debate over changes to more than 300 separate article of the penal code, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting with senior European Union officials in Brussels
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Turkey &#39;s developments on penal reform have been put on hold as its parliament goes into recess. Turkish parliament went into recess on Saturday until 1 October, leaving a crucial penal code reform package
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Turkey's ruling AK Party looks set to win Sunday's parliamentary elections, but the size of its majority could depend on millions of young voters who will cast their ballots for the first time this week.
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Turkey's re-elected leader says he will continue reforms, but vows to respect the country's secular tradition.
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The reforms, part of Ankaraâs efforts to bring Turkeyâs laws and regulations into line with those of the European Union in order to boost its chances of being given a date to open accession talks with the bloc, are the largest overhaul of the Penal
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The Turkish Parliament on Sunday approved a sweeping revision of the country&#39;s penal code to bring it closer to European Union norms, a step aimed at enhancing the prospect of Turkish membership in the 25-nation bloc.
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Turkey&#39;s bid for EU membership talks passed a crucial test yesterday when the parliament in Ankara backed legal changes to underpin the country&#39;s reform programme.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is debating reforms to the country&#39;s penal code which would include making adultery a crime. The controversial proposal is part of sweeping changes to Turkey&#39;s laws intended to bring them
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The Turkish parliament convened for an emergency debate on a penal code reform set as a key condition by the European Union for possible accession talks with the Muslim country.
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TURKEYâS parliament met in emergency session yesterday to approve an urgent package of reforms expected to boost the countryâs chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.