Ali Babacan, Turkey's top negotiator with the European Union, said he was not satisfied with French moves to block the expansion of membership talks to vital economic and monetary policy issues.
Turkey is a crucial transit country for the world's oil and natural gas market, and a top Foreign Ministry official says its role will increase as the industry brings more sources to market and demand continues to rise.
Cross Istanbul off the Live Earth list. Turkey's largest city has dropped plans to host a July 7 concert as part of the planet-spanning effort to raise awareness about global warming....
The European Union has renewed membership talks in Brussels with Turkey.
Turkey registers frustration as France prevents the EU opening membership talks with Ankara in a key area.
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's government won't intervene on behalf of a German teenager jailed over allegations of having sex with an underage British schoolgirl, a senior official said.
If anywhere in Turkey ought to be an opposition stronghold, it is Sivas. This city of 350,000 people on the high Anatolian plateau, 450km east of Ankara, was the base from which Ataturk's republican revolution spread to the rest of the country nearly 90 years ago.
Turkey has sharply criticised the European Union for refusing to extend the latest round of membership talks to the politically sensitive area of economic and monetary policy.
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Croatia leapt past Turkey on the road to European Union membership, opening negotiations in six EU policy areas and staying on course to join as soon as the end of the decade.
Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas expressed on Tuesday that Turkey's European Union (EU) course was the only lever to push Ankara to fulfill its obligations towards Cyprus.