Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his hope that Bulgaria will continue supporting Turkey on its way to the EU integration. This visit is late, I wanted to make it earlier,” Erdogan said at a
Read More »Turkey slams U.S. resolution on Cyprus
Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the resolution passed in the U.S. House of Representatives could undermine UN solution process in Cyprus and efforts for rapprochement between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Read More »Turkish PM to visit Bulgaria for bilateral relations
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to begin an official visit to Bulgaria Monday to hold talks with senior Bulgarian officials on issues of common interest. During his stay in Bulgaria, the Turkish PM will hold talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov on ways of boosting bilateral relations …
Read More »Turkey complains of double standards in EU bid
Turkey feels it is becoming a victim of double standards in its EU accession bid, the country’s European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis said on Wednesday (September 29th). “We don’t want any special treatment, but we don’t want additional burdens either,” he told a meeting titled “Turkey’s Membership Process after the …
Read More »Bulgaria ethnic turks alarm Europe on Chief Mufti issue
The ethic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) is going to file a complaint with the EC and PACE on the issue with the Chief Mufti in Bulgaria. A letter will be send to Viviane Reding, EC Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, and to …
Read More »Barroso: EC Backs Turkey’s EU accession, member states don’t
Turkey’s bid to join the European Union is becoming complicated by a number of factors, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told students at Columbia University in New York.
Read More »Baku launches exercises with Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian military
Today the Simulation Center of the Military Academy of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched the command-staff exercises “ETERNİTY-2010”. Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian military will attend the exercises.
Read More »Turkey seeks Bulgarian support for its bid to join the EU
In a lecture hosted by the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, Turkish Ambassador to Sofia Mehmet Gucuk reiterated Ankara’s demand for Bulgarian backing in its bid to join the European
Read More »Turkish PM Erdogan to visit Bulgaria by the end of the year
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Bulgaria by the end of the year, outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Gucuk announced Tuesday. The Ambassador delivered a lecture in the Sofia Sheraton Hotel dedicated to
Read More »Cypriot reunification talks to continue
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu presented their positions regarding the property issue in ongoing talks to reunify the divided island
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