... Minister Tayyip Erdogan that he backed Turkey's bid to join the European Union, according to Reuters. Before becoming pope in 2005, Benedict had opposed Turkey's entry.Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the Vatican takes no political stand but supported Turkey's entry into the EU "on ...
... hour. The two men talked for 20 minutes in an airport VIP lounge, and the prime minister says the pope told him he would like Turkey to join the European Union. That's a huge u-turn from what the pope said two years ago about Turkey's unsuitability to ...
... a WHO team sent to investigate the cases in Turkey, said the situation "can be brought under control relatively easily." Health Minister Recep Akdag said Turkey can slow the progress of the disease by taking the necessary measures but because Turkey lies on the path of migratory birds, the country ...
The three deaths in Turkey, all children from the same family, mark the virus' first occurrence in people outside Southeast Asia and China. According to the World Health Organization, Turkish health authorities said that since Jan. 1, a total of 11 patients have been hospitalized with symptoms suggesting infection with ...
... with several other family members exhibiting severe flu symptoms. The second person testing positive was his sister, Fatma Kocyigit, who remains seriously ill, Akdag said. Turkey lies on the path of migratory birds believed to be responsible for spreading the virus from Asia. Veterinary experts in Europe have been on ...
... Turkey's main opposition party is against recognition, as is the military, which has 30,000 troops in northern Cyprus. The admission process will force Turkey to make broad changes to its economy, society and authoritarian political culture, and require the EU to revise its two main spending policies -- farm ...
... Turkey has a very important reason to succeed right now; that the interests of Europe should be watching; that the United States should be watching Turkey demonstrate that an Islamic democracy, a modern place, can be successful and stable in the 21st century. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN (Translated): Well, let me ...
... kind of got the best of both worlds. They offered to send troops, they didn't have to send them. We're resuming aid, but Turkey is a good loyal ally, and I think it's an important attribute, asset for us and Europe in the region. I went one ...
... profoundly that al-Qaida still is a force to be reckoned with. And also I think it's tied to the ferment in Iraq, that Turkey's border with Iraq may have been designed... may have made Turkey a target as part of an al-Qaida design to demonstrate that ...
The twin blasts in Istanbul, the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's history, were blamed on al-Qaida. President Bush, on a state visit in Britain, said at a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair that Thursday's bombings showed that terrorists had "utter contempt for innocent life." "The ...
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