How EU membership issues soured a relations-reset lunch with Turkey
Source:Financial Times Date:31Aug2024
A three hour luncheon suggets to me that serious buisness was attended to Context: Turkey is officially an applicant to join the EU, but its membership progress has been stalled for eight years.
Cyprus blocks EU sanctions on Belarus
Source:Financial Times Date:22Sep2020
Ehem, but for those of us who live in Turkey and TRNC, it is Greek Cypirote Administration The EU has failed to agree long-awaited sanctions over the crackdown by President Alexander
Home truths in the eastern Mediterranean
Source:Financial Times Date:04Sep2020
The answer is an EU policy towards Turkey that matches a tough stance in the eastern Mediterranean — backed up, if necessary, by a show of naval force — with greater economic engagement. In
Greek police use tear gas on migrants at Turkish border
Source:Yahoo! Date:19Mar2020
Despite the title, this article reports that the Turkey-EU refugee crisis is over. Greek police said they used tear gas to repel the push south of the Kastanies border crossing. They said
Turkey Steps Back From Confrontation at Greek Border
Source:New York Times Date:14Mar2020
Another black-mail attempt by Erdogan on EU fails: Turkey has signaled that it is winding down its two-week operation to aid the movement of tens of thousands of people toward Europe,
The EU Will Bow to Erdogan’s Demands. Why Wait?
Source:Bloomberg Date:11Mar2020
A cynical but plausible scenario by my favrotie Bobby Gosh on the Turkey-EU refugee crisis: Both sides know that these histrionics, while they play well to domestic audiences, will not
Turkey’s Erdogan Leaves EU Talks Without Agreement on Refugees
Source:Bloomberg Date:10Mar2020
Talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the European Union over the fate of refugees in his country ended in failure Monday with no clear agreement over what should happen next
Erdogan Risks Sanctions With April Date for Activating Russian S-400s
Source:Bloomberg Date:06Mar2020
Really? God, gives the expression “bad timing” a new definition Turkey will activate its Russian-made S-400 missile-defense systems in April, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
EU migration pact with Turkey on brink of collapse
Source:Financial Times Date:03Mar2020
As usual, EU members can’t agree on how to respond to Erdogan’s manuever. Regardless of what shall be decided, EU won’t have the money to silence Mr Erdogan. Will Turkey secure
Can EU’s fear of terrorists give Turkey clout in ocean drilling?
Source:al Monitor Date:23Nov2019
How far can blackmail go in Turkey-EU relations asks author Fehim Taştekin President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again stunned Europe, this time by threatening to send captured Islamic