EU – Turkish relations
Turkey’s road to diplomacy of loneliness
By Namık Tan
Sep.15, 2020
The global image of Turkish foreign policy doesn’t look good, with the country facing loneliness in diplomacy. Our embassies in Syria,...
Macron: Europe must have a ‘more united and clear voice’ with...
Sep. 10, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe needed "a more united and clear voice" on Turkey which is "no longer a partner".
Macron categorised...
Greek – Turkish crisis escalates. Closer to military conflict
Diplomatic sources refute reports of NATO-brokered talks between Greece, Turkey
Sept. 3, 2020
Diplomatic sources on Thursday refuted reports of NATO-brokered talks between Greece and Turkey...
Will post-Merkel Europe bear Macron’s signature?
If there is one beneficiary of the Greece-Turkey crisis, it is France’s President Emmanuel Macron. Macron has a very clear stance on backing Greece,...
Tensions Grèce-Turquie : Morano appelle Macron à être “plus ferme” avec...
Aug. 13, 2020
Emmanuel Macron a annoncé mercredi le renforcement de la présence militaire française en Méditerranée orientale, face aux vives tensions entre la Grèce...
Will Erdogan’s Adventures Hurt Russian Soft Power?
By Costas Melakopides
July 24, 2020
While the Russian Federation is actively pursuing the cultivation of its Soft Power, the results, in the present cynical and...
Turkey’s military exercises between two Greek islands raise EU concern
Aug. 6 2010
As Turkey plans military exercises on Monday and Tuesday in an area stretching between the two Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastellorizo...
Greece welcomes Turkey’s decision to freeze hydrocarbon activities
July 28, 2020
Tension between Greece and Turkey moved to a course of effective de-escalation on Tuesday, after seismic research vessel Oruc Reis docked inside...
Tensions rise in Eastern Mediterranean
Merkel holds telephone conversation with Erdogan
Jul 22, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to...
‘There is no future’: the refugees who became pawns in Erdoğan’s...
First the asylum seekers were used to further Turkey’s regional ambitions, now they are made to suffer in quarantine camps
By Katy Fallon and Ans...