TRNC: All parties would benefit from peace in Cyprus
Source:Yeni Safak Date:15Jul2019
TRNC President Mustafa Akinci advanced a proposal to resolve East Med drilling tensions. Turkish daily Yeni Safak interviewed him on the elusive prospects for peace on the divided island:
Turkey-Cyprus dispute: Why are the two countries arguing over drilling rights?
Source:Euronews Date:26Jun2019
Good background on Cyprus conflict, as well as EU stane. Note the paragraph: In a statement on the issue after the European Council summit on Thursday it said it would ask its foreign
EU prepares to levy sanctions on Turkey over gas drilling
Source:Ahval News Date:21Jun2019
The European Union is moving toward placing sanctions on Turkey over its drilling for natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean near Cyprus. The European Council, which is made up of the bloc’s
Rise of far-right parties in EP elections threatens Turkey-EU relations
Source:Daily Sabah Date:29May2019
In April, Salvini hosted members of European nationalist and far-right parties in Milan to discuss forming a broad political alliance within the European Parliament. Addressing the issue of
Options for the EU-Turkey Relationship
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:05May2019
As usual, an excellent assessment of Turkey-EU relations by Marc Pierini which manages to encompass Turkey’s economic and democratic dilemmas in the process: This is the paragraph
Turkey After The Heated Municipal Elections
Source:LobeLog Date:15Apr2019
Erdogan’s post-election economic reform package will also be closely analyzed by most European countries, who are by far Turkey’s biggest trade partners. The technical details of the financial
Turkey becoming minefield for foreign journalists
Source:al Monitor Date:09Mar2019
This article is worth reading, because it also explains why Turkey’s efforts to improve with Germany and EU at large are at an impasse. Why is the government turning Turkey into a
Cyprus will not consent to any upgrading of Turkey-EU customs agreement
Source:Cyprus Mail Date:23Feb2019
This is a major blow to Turkey-EU relations. Essentially, little upside left for Erdogan to be nice to EU anymore. CYPRUS will not give its consent for an upgrade of the EU–Turkey
Turkey hits out over call to suspend EU accession talks
Date:22Feb2019
But a formal call to suspend talks would risk exacerbating tensions at a time when Ankara and Brussels have been striving to improve relations after a fraught period that followed an attempted
Southern EU Summit sends strong message to Turkey
Source:al Jazeera Date:02Feb2019
The Joint Declaration statement issued after the summit also called on Turkey to normalise relations with the Republic of Cyprus by “lifting the restrictions in its ports and