Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Politics Of Turkey" produced 15 items.
| 1. Erdogan's AKP wins third term in Turkish elections | June 13, 2011 |
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Party fails to win two-thirds majority needed to change constitution unilaterally. The Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Prime Minister Recep Hayyip Erdoǧan, has... |
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| 2. Erdoğan cancels Brussels visit | February 28, 2011 |
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Turkish prime minister returns home to attend funeral of country's first Islamist prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's prime minister, has cancelled a visit to... |
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| 3. Turkey is undervaluing the importance of values | February 11, 2010 |
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Istanbul is understandably, but mistakenly, relying on geostrategic arguments to make its case for EU membership. A string of high-ranking Turkish officials and politicians... | |
| 4. Pragmatic negotiator | October 29, 2009 |
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The interpreter who became Turkey's voice in the EU. Egemen Bağış, Turkey's chief negotiator with the EU, was the voice of world leaders before he became a politician... |
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| 5. Giving Turkey the silent treatment | November 12, 2008 |
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EU member states' silence both on Turkey's failings and its membership prospects have reduced its leverage and strengthened those who oppose reform.
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| 6. Turkey's ruling party survives court ruling | July 30, 2008 |
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Turkey's constitutional court decides not to ban the ruling party, but ‘warns' it against weakening the country's secular order.
Turkey's constitutional court today... | |
| 7. Decision looms on fate of Turkey's ruling party | July 28, 2008 |
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Turkey's constitutional court is hearing the final evidence in a case that could result in the banning of the country's ruling party.
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| 8. Where's this relationship leading? Emine Bozkurt, MEP | July 17, 2008 |
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The EU must not forget the influence it wields in Turkey and must keep open the dialogue with Ankara about future co-operation. It is interesting that French President... | |
| 9. Abdullah Gül elected Turkish president | August 30, 2007 |
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The election of a new Turkish president has cleared the way for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to form a new government, whose programme is to be announced during the... | |
| 10. Happy Turks want more of the same | August 2, 2007 |
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AKP) has won a landslide victory in the Turkish elections, with 48% of the vote; the also-ran centre-left Republican People's Party... | |
| 11. Erdogan strengthens position after landslide election victory | July 26, 2007 |
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Turkey is digesting the landslide win by the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in last Sunday's (22 July) general elections. It was only the second time in... | |
| 12. Gül favourite for presidency | April 26, 2007 |
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Turkey today (26 April), begins the process of appointing its next president. In Ankara the Grand National Assembly – the Turkish parliament – will hold its first vote... | |
| 13. Turkey aims for more reforms to please Brussels | April 20, 2006 |
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Turkey's parliament is expected to adopt soon a series of reforms aimed at giving new impetus to the country's EU membership talks. The reforms will tackle issues such as... | |
| 14. Turkish reform drive wins praise from Parliament | October 7, 2004 |
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THE Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan was praised in the European Parliament yesterday (6 October) for introducing more reforms in the past two years than previous... | |
| 15. Talking Turkey | November 7, 2002 |
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After the result of Sunday's elections in Turkey, the political conditions clearly deserve attention. However, at the European Council in Copenhagen in the middle of... | |
