Europe Needs Constructive Strategies Prioritizing Win-Win Formulas for...
Strong rhetoric and maximalist positions from certain EU member countries on issues with high strategic relevance are narrowing the scope for meaningful cooperation with Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt...
View ArticleEU Ministers Criticize Turkey Over Hagia Sophia, Drilling
European Union foreign ministers on Monday criticized Turkey for several reasons, including energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters and changing the status of Hagia Sophia from a museum to...
View ArticleEU Parliament Begins Budget Debate
The European Parliament Thursday is considering the 27-nation bloc’s next long-term budget days after European Union leaders hammered out a massive COVID-19 economic recovery package for the region...
View ArticleTurkey in Talks with Russia, EU for Libya Truce
Turkey has intensified talks with Russia and the European Union for a lasting ceasefire and de-escalation in Libya amid concerns that the two warring sides are concluding their preparations for a new...
View ArticleWorld Reacts to Turkey Reconverting Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque
UNESCO, Greece, Cyprus and church leaders among others express concern about changing status of the sixth-century site. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia open to...
View ArticleEU Agrees on Germany’s Coronavirus Proposal for Air Travel
The European Union agreed Thursday on Germany’s proposal for coronavirus-preventative common hygiene standards at airports and on aircraft. “I am pleased that the German proposal was accepted by my...
View ArticleFormer German Envoy Urges EU to Continue Negotiations with Turkey
Martin Erdmann, the former German ambassador to Ankara, has urged the European Union to continue the membership negotiations with Turkey, recalling that the Turkish people are a democratic society as a...
View ArticleABD ve Avrupa Arasında İran Gerginliği Tırmanıyor
PARİS – Washington yönetiminin İran’a karşı uluslararası yaptırımları yeniden gündeme getirebilmek için Birleşmiş Milletler nezdinde süreç başlatması, ABD ve Avrupa arasında İran konusundaki gerginliği...
View ArticleTurkey: EU sanction threat over East Med crisis lacks legal basis
Ankara calls on EU to stop siding with Greece over maritime border spat as seven nations warn of economic sanctions. Turkey has decried a statement by seven European countries threatening sanctions...
View ArticleTurkey Hopes to Turn New Page in Ties with US, EU: Erdoğan
Turkey hopes to “turn a new page” in its ties with the United States and European Union, President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 23, noting that Ankara had been subjected to “double standards” by both...
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