World ; EU rules out talks without Turkish law reforms
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Until recently the assessment was widely expected to be positive, but that has been thrown into doubt by the failure of the Turkish parliament to adopt the new penal code because of controversy over a proposal to criminalise adultery.
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Turkey's chief EU negotiator said on Thursday Ankara would not walk away from Finnish-led discussions over Cyprus aimed at avoiding a crisis in Turkey's European Union membership bid.
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Turkey's Prime Minister kept the EU waiting on Friday on whether he would accept the terms of its historic offer to start accession negotiations, leaving late-night talks with the bloc's presidency without a deal.
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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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BRUSSELS - The European Union cannot start entry negotiations with Turkey unless Ankara adopts a reform of its penal code, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognize Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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ANKARA - Turkey&#39;s parliament met Sunday to consider reforms that would bring some of the country&#39;s criminal laws up to European Union standards.
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The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, touring Europe to gain support for Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union, sharply objected Thursday to plans by several countries to let domestic ...
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Turkey's Prime Minister kept the EU  waiting on Friday on whether he would accept the terms of its  historic offer to start accession negotiations, leaving  late-night talks with the bloc's presidency without a deal.
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6 October 2004 -- The European Commission says the European Union should start membership talks with Turkey -- but has set stiff conditions to prevent it from backtracking on democratic and human rights reforms.
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European Union president Finland warned Turkey that it faces at least a partial suspension of its EU membership talks if Ankara fails to ratify a customs agreement with Brussels.
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The European Union (EU) and Turkeyreached an agreement on Friday to start talks next year on the country&#39;s membership of the bloc.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is meeting Sunday in an emergency session scheduled to amend the country&#39;s penal code. The criminal law reform is a condition set by the European Union for launching formal talks on Turkey&#39;s application for EU membership.
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Turkey's EU chief negotiator said on Thursday Ankara would not walk away from Finnish-led discussions over Cyprus aimed at avoiding a crisis in Turkey's European Union membership bid.
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(Ankara, December 15, 2004)-A European Union decision this week to begin membership negotiations with Turkey would ensure that essential human rights reforms in the country continue, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Turkey's foreign minister says the EU should not attach conditions to Turkey's bid to start membership talks.
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The European Union will not set Turkey any fresh conditions to fulfil in order to gain a date to start entry talks with the bloc, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Wednesday.