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EU – Turkish relations

EU Condemns Turkey ‘Provocations’ In Eastern Med

October 16, 2020 EU leaders on Friday condemned "unilateral actions and provocations" by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean, where it is locked in a...

EU incompetence reigns in Brussels

By Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos Oct. 3, 2020 At the beginning,the European Council was to convene on September 24 and 25 with only item on the agenda relations...

EU threatens Turkey with sanctions over East Mediterranean dispute

EU leaders have warned that Turkey could face sanctions if it does not cease its "provocations and pressures." The bloc also said it would...

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...