Meanwhile, the EU has failed to deliver fully on aid and trade pledges to Turkish Cypriots.

与此同时，欧盟也未能履行对土耳其裔塞浦路斯人的援助和贸易承诺。

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In everyday life the two types of Turkish women are more mixed than they are usually assumed to be.

在日常生活中，这两种土耳其妇女要比 想象的更为交汇融合在一起。

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Certainly, both French laicité and Turkish secularism (established by modern Turkey’s founder, Kemal Atatürk) began with a similar hostility toward religion.

有一点可以肯定，那就是法国的政教分离和土耳其的世俗主义（由现代土耳其的缔造者阿塔图尔克•凯末尔首先提出）同样都起源于对宗教的类似敌意。

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If one makes no distinctions and disregards nuances one will end up believing that 60% Turkish women wear the veil.

如果人们不加以区分，而且不考虑细微的差别，就会相信60%的土耳其妇女佩戴面纱。

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We strongly condemn the repeated actions of Turkish armed forces violating the territorial integrity of Iraq under the pretext of fighting guerrilla elements hiding inside Iraqi territory.

我们强烈谴责土耳其武装部队以打击隐藏在伊拉克领土内的游击队分子为 借口一再侵犯伊拉克领土完整的行动。

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On October 17, despite pleas for patience and restraint from Iraq and the US, Turkish lawmakers voted 507-19 to authorize Erdogan to order cross-border military strikes into Iraq at any time over the next year.

10月17日，尽管伊拉克和美国都呼吁保持耐心和克制，但是土耳其的立法者还是以507票赞成对19票反对授权埃尔多安在明年的任何时间下令越境进入伊拉克实施军事打击。

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The whole of Cyprus joined the EU in May 2004, but the acquis communautaire – the body of EU law – applies only to areas under direct government control, so it is suspended in those parts administered by Turkish Cypriots.

2004年5月，塞浦路斯整体加入欧盟，但欧盟既有法规（ acquis communautaire） 却只在政府直接控制的地区生效，而在土耳其裔塞浦路斯人控制的区域则被暂缓执行。

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