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EUTCC was established in order to monitor and conduct regular audits of the European Commission's performance in ensuring Turkey's full compliance with the accession criteria as defined within the meaning of the accession agreements.
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02.04.2008
EU voices renewed concern on closure case
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01.04.2008
Export guarantees for controversial dam dependent on immediate action
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01.04.2008
Ruling party to face closure trial
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31.03.2008
Rehn warns Turkey EU bid may be at stake if AK Party shut down
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31.03.2008
Court to consider AK Party closure
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31.03.2008
Furious Erdoğan slams case on the eve of decision day
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31.03.2008
Turkey's power struggle may set back EU bid, Rehn says
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16.01.2007
The Kurds will get all of us in trouble
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16.01.2007
Erdoğan's anger complicates Iraq policy
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16.01.2007
Ankara panel: Kirkuk's future up to all Iraqis
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15.01.2007
Searching for the Turko-Kurdish peace
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15.01.2007
Call for dialog from peace conference
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14.01.2007
Bill vetoed by Sezer passed as is
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14.01.2007
Rice: US failure would lead to Turk-Kurd conflict
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14.01.2007
Turkey has no place in US's Iraq strategy
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11.01.2007
Poetterings replacement also against Turkeys EU bid
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11.01.2007
Uneasy with EU double standards, govt signs to move on minority rights
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11.01.2007
Sezer calls Kurds a part of majority
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08.01.2007
Başer says Iraq operation possible under 'right conditions'
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08.01.2007
Turkey under threat, warns the intelligence chief
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07.01.2007
Prime Ministrys human rights body under fire for inaction
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07.01.2007
New EU roadmap to come out on Jan. 10
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05.01.2007
European Human Rights Commission urges Turkish reform
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31.12.2006
Babacan: Govt to give start for EU roadmap in 2007
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07.12.2006
Survey: IDP numbers triple those acknowledged by state
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05.12.2006
Turkey was a few sizes too big for Europe
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05.12.2006
Erdoğan opposes US military presence in N. Iraq
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05.12.2006
US steps in to salvage Ankara's EU bid
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05.12.2006
EU heavyweights united to suspend Turkeys talks
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29.11.2006
Diplomacy picks up momentum after Finnish plan fails
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29.11.2006
Rehn: Time to send ball back to UN court on Cyprus
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28.11.2006
Arguments over which chapters to suspend
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28.11.2006
Last-ditch efforts to resolve Cyprus deadlock fail
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28.11.2006
Kemalist youth want professor sacked
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23.11.2006
Hersh: US, Israel support PKK's Iran wing
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23.11.2006
EU sets Dec. 6 deadline for ports
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20.11.2006
Can there be a Cyprus settlement?
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20.11.2006
Başer cautions against Kandil operation
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20.11.2006
'Turkey at crossroads, radical decisions needed'
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14.11.2006
Ankara to roll up sleeves for EU
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14.11.2006
Austria suggests pause in Turkey talks if no move on Cyprus
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14.11.2006
Babacan: EU cannot be objective in Cyprus standoff
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14.11.2006
Court announces ruling in Susurluk trial
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31.10.2006
Proclaim 2023 accession date to save stalled EU process
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31.10.2006
Behind the scenes of the last two weeks
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31.10.2006
'Military's thinking has not changed'
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31.10.2006
No plans to change Article 301
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30.10.2006
'Time to repeal Article 301, now'
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30.10.2006
Gül: Some EU members aim to exasperate Turkey
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30.10.2006
Finnish bid is 'Plan A' for Turkey
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29.10.2006
EU Progress Report Stresses Local Dialogue
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29.10.2006
Turkey braces for EU bad grades on reforms
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28.10.2006
Pentagon says won't redeploy troops to northern Iraq
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28.10.2006
Freedom of expression and the European Union
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28.10.2006
EU negotiations de facto suspended
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28.10.2006
Van der Linden warns against free speech dilemma
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28.10.2006
Barroso gloomy on Turkey reforms
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28.10.2006
New TCK under spotlight of lawyers
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26.10.2006
Vanhanen optimistic EU can avoid breakdown in Turkeys talks
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25.10.2006
Turk military seen to take over decision-making on key policies
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25.10.2006
Pro-Kurd analysts want US redeployment in N. Iraq
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25.10.2006
EU envoy urges Turkey to act on free speech
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25.10.2006
EU: Don't compare apples with pears on Article 301
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22.10.2006
Ağar was not intimidated
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22.10.2006
Second Army commander dismisses PKK cease-fire
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19.10.2006
Kretschmer sees no crisis if ports remain closed
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09.10.2006
Kurdish objector defies Turkeys mighty army
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20.09.2006
Article 301 not on agenda as Parliament meets
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20.09.2006
Defense of multiple roots lands best-selling author in court
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10.09.2006
Greek Cyprus says it wants to avoid EU crisis with Turkey
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10.09.2006
Hot autumn descends fast on Turkey-EU relations
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10.09.2006
What's happening to you?
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10.09.2006
Ankara highlights Cyprus red line
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10.09.2006
Sarkozy calls for suspension of Turkey's EU talks
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04.09.2006
Babacan to embark on EU tour
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04.09.2006
Terrorism claims eight more victims over weekend
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02.09.2006
Ankara vows concrete progress on EU process
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02.09.2006
Aim is to minimize terrorist attacks, says Başbuğ
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02.09.2006
Ennui overtakes Turkish-EU ties
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02.09.2006
EU parliamentarians set to slam Turkey over reforms
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24.08.2006
Turkish F-16 Jets Carry out Strikes Against PKK Targets in N. Iraq
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24.08.2006
Ankara downplays Galbraiths assertion on independent Kurdistan
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22.08.2006
Turkey&U.S. Agree on Joint Strategy Against PKK
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22.08.2006
Author of biography on Ataturk's wife charged with insulting late leader
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17.08.2006
Lawyer wins appeal for probe into former prosecutor
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15.08.2006
PUK: One civilian killed in Turkish, Iranian artillery fire
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15.08.2006
Newsweek: Turks EU hopes fading away
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10.08.2006
Parliament set to hold extraordinary session for EU
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10.08.2006
Court changes mind about pro-Kurdish daily
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10.08.2006
Turkey seeks pre-referendum deal on Kirkuk's status
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10.08.2006
European rights court condemns Turkey for torture
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10.08.2006
Union leader arrested for terrorism
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10.08.2006
Erdoğan considering changes in electoral system
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10.08.2006
Schuessel believes Turkey won't be EU member
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22.06.2006
Prosecutor demands 15 years in prison for 56 DTP mayors
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22.06.2006
Turk anti-terror plan invites torture, says rights group
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20.06.2006
Two Semdinli Suspects Sentenced to 39 Years 5 Months
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12.06.2006
EU urges new approach for Turkey's southeast
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09.06.2006
Babacan: Be Ready for Pause in EU Process
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07.06.2006
EU report critical of Turkey's pace of reform
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06.06.2006
Children of the repression
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29.05.2006
Stephanopoulos: Greece and Turkey must resolve differences at The Hague
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29.05.2006
Merkel promises Erdogan support for EU process
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29.05.2006
The Nationalists' Target was General Hilmi Ozkok
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24.05.2006
Security Directorate and MIT: A Retired General Heads the Gang
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23.05.2006
EU rejects linkage between ports and trade with KKTC
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18.05.2006
Iraqi Official Accuses Turkey of Cross Border Bombing
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16.05.2006
Environmental harmony with EU to be realized by 2010
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15.05.2006
Turkey's asylum policy to adapt to European norms
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08.05.2006
Semdinli Trial Reminiscent of Hollywood Scene
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06.05.2006
Two Semdinli Suspects Sentenced to 39 Years 5 Months
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06.05.2006
ECHR fines Turkey in former DEP deputies' case
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28.04.2006
2 Letters End Political Criteria Crisis in Turkey-EU Relations
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25.04.2006
Lawyers stand behind Van prosecutor
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25.04.2006
80 children face court for riots
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24.04.2006
Denmark gets file on Roj-TV, PKK links
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24.04.2006
Turkey warns against 'unfair' EU conditions
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24.04.2006
Emine Bozkurt: Turkey-EU Ties Need Progress
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24.04.2006
Arınç says Parliament's powers eroded
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24.04.2006
Protesting villagers detained in Ankara
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12.04.2006
Journalists escape trial in free speech case
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12.04.2006
Ümit Fırat: They opened the lid and the gas exploded
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11.04.2006
Government to take up anti-terror laws
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11.04.2006
Govt to take new steps to infuriate military
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11.04.2006
Turkey's Kurds face a historic choice
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11.04.2006
PACE president: PKK provocations sparked tension in Southeast
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11.04.2006
Özkök reaches out to Diyarbakır
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10.04.2006
Austria to press Ankara on ports in return for steps to ease KKTC isolation
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10.04.2006
Çiçek: Torture, ill treatment increasingly penalized
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10.04.2006
Politicians won't face investigation on Şemdinli affair
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10.04.2006
EU steps in, wants inquiry into violence
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05.04.2006
The right message: More reforms
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05.04.2006
Pro-PKK protestors launch attacks in Berlin
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05.04.2006
Papadopoulos: Turkey heading for EU crisis
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05.04.2006
For a comprehensive Kurdish policy
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05.04.2006
Military fears new defamation campaign
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05.04.2006
DTP accuses government over deadly rioting
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03.04.2006
Gül urges Rasmussen, Moeller to act on Roj TV
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31.03.2006
Journalists discuss media and rights in Turkey
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31.03.2006
Street clashes in Southeast claim innocent victims
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31.03.2006
Şemdinli commission questioning victims
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30.03.2006
Rioters face off with police as army moves in
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30.03.2006
No end in sight in political criteria rift with EU
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30.03.2006
Turkey sees no reason for train crash in EU relations
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29.03.2006
EU enlargement chief sees tension ahead with Turkey
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29.03.2006
Turkey slams French sabotage of talks
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29.03.2006
Semdinli commission goes east to complete its work
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28.03.2006
Turkey's gloomy EU perspectives
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27.03.2006
AI: Freedom of Expression in Turkey is Limited
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27.03.2006
Roth believes Turkey to join EU by 2015
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24.03.2006
Report: France pushes for more rights pressure on Turkey
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24.03.2006
Ethnic, religious nationalism threats to human rights in 2005
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24.03.2006
Rehn, Babacan encourage Turkey for early EU membership
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23.03.2006
If EU talks are suspended over Cyprus, then so be it
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23.03.2006
Kurdish broadcasts start, but more reforms needed
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23.03.2006
Turkey rejects direct link between political criteria
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22.03.2006
General Staff files complaint against Prosecutor Sarikaya
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22.03.2006
Commission says education and culture chapter talks could start
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22.03.2006
KKTC puts final touches in property issue
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22.03.2006
Erdoğan links ports issue with lifting of Turkish Cypriot isolation
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22.03.2006
Erdoğan: A game is afoot
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22.03.2006
Undermining the enlargement policy
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22.03.2006
People are confused, everyone is waiting
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22.03.2006
Özkök rejects Büyükanıts investigation
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22.03.2006
Kretschmer: No reform fatigue in Turkish government
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20.03.2006
Nevroz festivities causing concern
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20.03.2006
Armenian conference invites academics of all convictions to floor
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20.03.2006
Political criteria: Finished or unfinished job?
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17.03.2006
Kurdish problem is not solely fighting the PKK
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17.03.2006
EU's move to complicate accession talks angers Ankara
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17.03.2006
EU's move to complicate accession talks angers Ankara
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17.03.2006
EU pact sparks sovereignty debate
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17.03.2006
EP: Political Criteria is Foremost
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17.03.2006
'Political Criteria' Tension in Ankara-Brussels Line
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16.03.2006
Diyarbakir mayor urges tranquil Nevruz festival
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16.03.2006
A Call from the EU to Change Article 301
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16.03.2006
Manhunt for Erdal in Belgium
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16.03.2006
Turkey expects talks to jump-start in May
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16.03.2006
Ankara uneasy over Mollers stance on Cyprus issue
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16.03.2006
New concern in Şemdinli commission
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16.03.2006
Kurdish protesters clash with police in Tunceli
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16.03.2006
Army warns govt: 'We're fed up'
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16.03.2006
Turkey Declines Visit Request by UN Envoy to Cyprus
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16.03.2006
A turning point on the Kurdish problem
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16.03.2006
Şemdinli talk dominates anniversary
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16.03.2006
Govt to push Parliament to pass EU reform laws before summer recess
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14.03.2006
Why is everyone paranoid?
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14.03.2006
Bakoyannis not yet ready for Turkish-EU marriage
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14.03.2006
DTP invites Talabani, Barzani to Nevroz celebrations
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13.03.2006
Turkey's Road to EU Membership
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13.03.2006
Valley of the Wolves: Turkey
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13.03.2006
Five arrested for aiding, abetting PKK
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13.03.2006
Rehn says Turkey's EU membership is political process
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13.03.2006
Baydemir says Kurdish problem has socioeconomic aspects
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10.03.2006
Cyprus course shifting, as row on ports clouds EU bid
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09.03.2006
Europe watches Ankara with interest
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09.03.2006
Lawyers for missing villagers apply to European court
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09.03.2006
EU steps up pressure on ports issue
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09.03.2006
RTÜK approves Kurdish broadcasts
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09.03.2006
Çiçek orders prosecutors investigation
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09.03.2006
Commission chairman admits leak
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08.03.2006
Semdinli indictment may hurt the Kurds
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08.03.2006
Cyprus knot to dominate Turkey-EU Troika talks
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08.03.2006
The Büyükanıt incident should not turn into an inner settling of accounts
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08.03.2006
Assailants ambush police vehicle in Batman, four killed
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08.03.2006
Büyükanıt issue turns into political shouting match
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07.03.2006
Büyükanıt's approach is the healthiest.....
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07.03.2006
Dialogue between societies
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07.03.2006
'A coup against the military'
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07.03.2006
PKK increases attacks on the eve of Nevroz
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07.03.2006
Büyükanıt probe rattles Ankara
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06.03.2006
Court reduces 'honor killing' sentences, activists protest
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06.03.2006
Büyükanıt accused of interfering in judicial process
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06.03.2006
International P.E.N. Writers in Prison Conference gathers in Istanbul
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06.03.2006
Those who are pushing for a military coup should listen to Evren
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03.03.2006
Prosecutor asks life for officers, informant
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03.03.2006
Büyükanıt causes rift in commission
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28.02.2006
Turkey's judiciary -- an obstacle on the EU path
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28.02.2006
Austria denies Turkey deadline for Greek Cyprus recognition
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28.02.2006
Şemdinli investigation broadened
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28.02.2006
Dinks conviction faulty, says prosecutor
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24.02.2006
We need to read this report closely
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24.02.2006
Baydemir reportedly met with US State Dept officials
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24.02.2006
Kurdish group claims bomb attack on AKP offices
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24.02.2006
Şemdinli bombing PKKs doing, says gendarmerie
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24.02.2006
Turkey, Iran agree on active cooperation against terror
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24.02.2006
European Court sais critisising 'Kemalism' not a crime
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24.02.2006
Semdinli Commission Lash Out at Çiçek
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30.11.2005
Government Puts On Brave Face in EU Reform Row
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04.10.2005
EU hails Turkey membership talks
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03.10.2005
Turkish EU talks deadlocked after Austria digs in
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03.10.2005
Tense EU drive for Turkish deal
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15.09.2005
EU divided on talks for Turkey
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15.09.2005
Austria blocks Turkey's road to EU membership
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09.09.2005
European Civic Commission to monitor Turkish compliance with EU accession criteria
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