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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the audience during Turkey-EU Readmission Agreement Signing Ceremony in Ankara on December 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)


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Anti-government Alevi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul June 23, 2013. The European Union is on the verge of scrapping a new round of membership talks with Turkey, a move that would further undermine Ankara’s already slim hopes of joining the bloc and damage its relations with Brussels. Germany, the EU’s biggest economic power, is blocking efforts to revive Turkey’s EU membership bid, partly because of its handling of anti-government protests that have swept the country in the last few weeks, EU sources say. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)


EU agrees to continue accession talks with Turkey

EU agrees to continue accession talks with Turkey

Brussels, AP—The European Union decided Tuesday to revive long-dormant EU membership talks with Turkey, but not until later this year because of the government’s heavy-handed crackdown on street protests in Istanbul and elsewhere earlier this month. Ministers...