Posted in Domestic Politics, European Union, Turkish Press on Feb 26th, 2011
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Turkey on Friday it is unfit for EU membership, urging an alternative partnership for the mainly Muslim nation before its struggling accession talks hit a “deadlock.” Sarkozy, a vocal opponent of Turkey’s EU bid, delivered the blunt message after talks with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul during a brief visit to [...]
Posted in Domestic Politics, EU Visa Policy, Turkish Press on Feb 24th, 2011
The justice and home affairs ministers of European Union (EU) member states will discuss readmission agreement with Turkey. The ministers are expected to ratify the agreement. Turkey and the EU completed negotiations on the agreement last month. However, ministers are having a difference of opinion about making a decision that will meet Turkey’s visa expectations.
Posted in Domestic Politics, European Union, Turkish Press on Dec 27th, 2010
As they just announced on the preparation briefing last week, the upcoming European Union Presidency Hungary will have two major issues on its agenda. The first one is economic governance and the second is common foreign policy-making, especially in terms of institutions, instruments and coherence. Since everyone is talking about the first one, I’m going [...]
Posted in Domestic Politics, European Union, Turkish Press on Oct 29th, 2009
Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou said that if Turkey concentrated on the Muslim world and gave up on its European Union membership bid, the biggest factor that motivated Turkey to resolve the Cyprus problem would disappear, the Anatolia news agency reported. Speaking at the European Policy Center in Brussels about Turkey’s EU accession process, [...]
Posted in Domestic Politics, Turkish Press on May 14th, 2009
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on all European Union member states Thursday not to make Ankara’s application to join the 27-member bloc a “domestic issue”. “Please do not make the Turkish EU integration process a domestic issue of discussion,” Davutoglu told a press conference in Stockholm. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela [...]