Greece will increase the number of border guards on the country's border with Turkey, fearing a spike in illegal migration linked to the crisis in Afghanistan, officials said Monday. An additional 250 officers will join the …
The European Commission will be sending three firefighting planes to help extinguish ongoing fires in Turkey, which have devastated the country’s southern coast, according to the commission’s emergency response coordinator. …
The purpose of the Blue Homeland strategy is that Turkey should dominate the Mediterranean and reclaim the mercantile and maritime power, Antonia Colibasanu, Geopolitical Futures’ Chief Operating Officer
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said the European Union cannot achieve its goal of becoming a power hub without Turkey. "It is not possible for the EU to achieve its goal of becoming the center of attraction …
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a report urging the EU Commission to formally suspend accession negotiations with Turkey if Ankara does not reverse its "hostile" policies. "In recent years, …
Ankara on Wednesday rejected the European Parliament's "unilateral and by no means objective" 2019-2020 report on Turkey, a resolution it passed earlier in the day. Passing such a resolution at a time when efforts are …
Turkey is pursuing its decisive stance and working toward its strategic goal, European Union membership, despite being subjected to double standards and obstructions by the bloc and member countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan …
The European Union has a ready package of measures, including sanctions, against Turkey in case if it fails to abandon the "aggressive stance" in various issues of international significance, French Minister of State for European …
It seems that European politicians have really internalized the free-rider spirit
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was taken aback to find her fellow top European Union official taking the only chair available next to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when the duo visited Ankara this week. Yet, Turkey …
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are scheduled to visit Turkey this week
The EU is ready to engage with Turkey in a "phased, proportionate, reversible manner," to enhance cooperation in areas of common interest, according to a European Council conclusion adopted by EU leaders on Thursday. They met …
After a rough period, Ankara is making overtures to Brussels. Ilke Toygür, an analyst on European Affairs at Elcano Royal Institute discusses the prospects, the need for the EU to clarify its own position, and the implications of the election of Joe Biden in the article for German Institute for International and Security Affairs
The European Union remains high on Turkey’s agenda and the country sees its future in Europe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday, Ahval reports. Turkey is looking to turn a new page in its relations with …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking today at the opening ceremony of a lithium carbonate processing plant in Eskisehir, stressed that the republic does not have any insurmountable obstacles in relations with all countries of the …
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey hopes to "turn a new page" in its ties with the United States and European Union. Speaking to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party, Erdogan said "artificial agendas" …
The Hungarian foreign minister said his country sees Turkey a strategic partner of the EU, and that Hungary defends a foreign policy based on this principle, instead of one on hostility against Turkey. Following his working visit in …
Turkey has vowed no compromise on its sovereign rights in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas in the ongoing dispute with Greece and Greek Cyprus, days before EU leaders are set to meet to discuss possible sanctions on Ankara …
Turkey is ready to build its future with Europe and is determined to continue the course towards European integration, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today. "We ... are focused on cooperation with all …
Both the European Union and Turkey know that accession talks “will lead to nothing,” Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told German daily Die Welt on Saturday, adding that he didn’t “see” …
