Turkey

Eroğlu, Christofias to open seventh crossing in Cyprus

Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will be joined by European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle and other officials today to open the seventh crossing between the Turkish north and Greek south as talks on reunification of the divided island resumed following

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French FM: EU ball squarely in Turkey’s court

France’s foreign minister called Tuesday for Ankara to open “easy chapters” in its EU accession negotiations, promising help while not backing away from his country’s opposition to seeing Turkey enter the European bloc.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel didn’t discuss about Turkey’s EU accession in Bulgaria

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear Turkey’s potential EU accession was not on the agenda of her meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Sofia. “We talked about bilateral affairs, not about Turkey’s EU accession. We hardly started to talk about the EU prospects of the Western …

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Turkish Defense Minister to visit Albania

Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Genyul will visit Albania to participate in various meetings. According to the Ministry’s General Secretariat, Gonul will attend a meeting of the defense ministers of the Southeast Europe, which will be held in Albania on Oct.11. In addition, Gonul will also hold bilateral meetings with the …

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