Gul urges Turks to back reforms
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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Turkey's new president, the former Islamist Abdullah Gul, is to review a new cabinet formed by the PM.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey&#39;s prime minister, has promised to continue widespread reforms after winning agreement to begin accession talks with the
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Turkish leader Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a broadside at those EU countries contemplating a referendum on the issue of Turkey's future membership of the European Union.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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A top European Union official said Monday that recent Turkish reforms would be considered in the country's bid for bloc membership, and appealed to the nation's leaders to avoid violence in dealing with the Kurds.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - 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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Turkey must lift a ban on headscarves at university as part of democratic reforms aimed at European Union accession, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Saturday.
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Turkey must lift a ban on headscarves at  university as part of democratic reforms aimed at European  Union accession, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Saturday.
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European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen on Saturday called on Turkey to clarify its decision to withdraw a key bill reforming its penal code, during talks with Turkey&#39;s EU ambassador.
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has a second, improved, chance at the presidency, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that European Union leaders should avoid &quot;a historic mistake&quot; when they discuss Turkey's membership bid next week.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission urged Turkey on Saturday to explain whether it planned to push through stalled EU-backed penal code reforms before Brussels decides in two weeks whether to recommend the opening of entry talks.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Brussels Wednesday to assure the European Union that Turkey is committed to pro-EU reforms after his party shelved a key reform package amid hard-liners' demands that it include a proposal to outlaw adultery.
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Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape Saturday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing to press forward with reforms and the country&#39;s bid to join the bloc.
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted in the Financial Times on Wednesday as saying he wanted to lift the ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities as part of a planned constitutional overhaul.