Wall Street Journal | Turkey Blocks Expansion of NATO's Aegean Mission Wall Street Journal The U.S., U.K. and Germany are pushing to expand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's naval mission to combat human smuggling in the Aegean Sea but face objections from Turkey, which is seeking to end the operation. Alliance warships started ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Boris Johnson and Michael Gove demand David Cameron veto Turkey's membership of the EU Telegraph.co.uk Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have challenged David Cameron to "guarantee" that Turkey will never join the European Union by pledging to use the UK's veto to block it. In an extraordinary challenge to the Prime Minister's authority, the two leaders of ... Turking nonsense Michael Gove insists PM will wave Turkey through to join EU despite UK veto claim |
Wall Street Journal | No Visa-Free Travel for Turkey by Month-End, Says EU Executive Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—The European Union's executive confirmed Wednesday that Turkey hadn't met the outstanding conditions for the bloc to approve visa-free travel by the end of June. A target to grant visa-free travel was written into March's EU-Turkey deal ... Turkey misses deadline for visa-free travel in EU EU gives up on Turkey visa deadlines Britain Clears Path for Turkey's EU Membership |
The Guardian | Turkey fails to meet criteria for visa-free EU travel The Guardian Turkey has missed an EU deadline that would have allowed its citizens visa-free travel through most of Europe, amid ongoing tensions over a controversial migration deal. EU leaders promised the Turkish government that 79 million Turks could have access ... The Latest: EU Seeing Results in Turkey Migrants Deal EU envoy to Turkey steps down after Ankara sees red over visa comments EU envoy to Turkey resigns after less than year in role |
U.S. News & World Report | Where Does Erdogan Want to Take Turkey? U.S. News & World Report Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the most powerful democratically elected leader in the country's history. He has run Turkey since 2002 through his Justice and Development Party (AKP), first as prime minister and since 2014 as president ... Opinion: No real hope of EU membership for Turkey anymore Why Turkey is making a return to Libya No one should do politics in Turkey except Erdoğan, says chief adviser Yiğit Bulut |
The Guardian | The Guardian view on Turkey and Europe: separating facts from fiction The Guardian It is now more than 50 years since Turkey was promised membership of the European club, and despite some cynical scaremongering in the UK during the EU referendum debate – with fears stoked that a country of 79 million might suddenly gain freedom of ... |
Express.co.uk | Cameron urged to reveal full details of 'secretive Turkey EU negotiations' Express.co.uk During talks in Brussels earlier this week, British diplomats resisted an attempt by EU officials to open a new "negotiating chapter" in relations with the Turkish government. The EU wanted the talks to progress as a gesture of goodwill to Turkey ... Britain's 'Brexit' Debate Inflamed by Worries That Turkey Will Join EU Brexit campaigners have admitted Turkey will not join the EU, Prime Minister reveals |
Deutsche Welle | EU-Turkey agreement report shows drop in crossings to Greece Deutsche Welle A progress report issued by the European Commission on Wednesday indicates that the number of migrants attempting to enter the European Union via Greece from Turkey has dropped. The Commission says it sees this as proof that the EU-Turkey ... EU trying to bury report on Turkey migrant returns Turkey Just Missed the Deadline for Visa-Free Travel in the EU Under Turkey Refugee Deal The EU-Turkey Deal Is Bad but Worse Is Yet to Come |
Bloomberg | Ataturk's Ideology Seen Deleted as Turkey Drafts New Charter Bloomberg Turkey's leaders plan to remove references in the constitution binding public servants to the ideology of the nation's secular founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the state, its principles and institutions under ... |
NDTV | Turkey IS Trial Ends in Life Sentences for 3 Foreigners ABC News Turkey, a member of the U.S.-led coalition against IS, has stepped up controls at airports and land borders and deported thousands of foreign fighters. But it is struggling to tackle the threat of IS militants who have cells inside Turkey and sometimes ... Turkey jails three Islamic State members for 2014 killings – lawyer Four ISIS Terrorists Jailed Over 2014 Attack In Turkey IS militant with Swiss connections sentenced in Turkey |