Turkey

The European Commission (EC) adopted its annual enlargement package Tuesday that assesses achievements of the Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland in their EU integration process and points

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has told European leaders that the EU needs his country as a member if it wants to remain a global force. “It is sad to observe that some European leaders do not properly see the future

The European Commission (EC) will urge Turkey to normalise ties with Cyprus and boost human rights’ protections in its progress report on the country’s EU bid, local media reported on Sunday (November 7th). According to an advance copy of the document, due for release Tuesday, the Commission will call on …

Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu met on Monday (November 8th) for another round of talks aimed at reunifying the divided island. Discussions are expected to focus on the complex property issue. The two leaders will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on …

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Priština that he “does not believe there will be changes of borders in the Balkans” or a partition of Kosovo. Erdogan, whose country recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence, said such a

Turkey is ready to mediate future talks between Kosovo and Serbia in order to contribute to sustainable peace in the Balkans, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as he kicked off a two-day visit to Kosovo on

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Kosovo on November 3 and 4. He is scheduled to hold talks with Kosovo’s acting president Jakup Krasniqi and meet with the Turkish community in the towns of Prizren and Mamusa.

The watchdog group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday (November 1st) accused Turkey of using anti-terror laws to stifle Kurdish protests and send peaceful demonstrators to jail. “When it comes to the Kurdish question, the courts in Turkey are all too quick to label political opposition as terrorism,” Emma Sinclair-Webb, …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (October 31st) condemned a suicide bomb attack earlier in the day in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, warning that no tolerance will be shown to those who challenge Turkey’s stability. “These kinds of attacks will not prevent Turkey from its aim of unity, fraternity …

The National Security Council of Turkey has taken Georgia and Armenia out of its list of neighboring countries which pose security threats, according to news reports reaching here Monday. The Turkish security council had earlier approved of the change in the list, which previously included Georgia and