Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Dec 28th, 2011
Turkish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said Wednesday that the EU process was a matter of both foreign policy and internal politics. In an interview published on internet site “ab-ilan.com”, Bagis stressed that all Turkish institutions, all non-governmental organizations, media, universities and 74 million Turkish citizens were not part [...]
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Dec 5th, 2011
Turkish EU minister said on Sunday that during Greek Cypriot administration’s EU term presidency, Turkey would not sit at the table with the term president. However Turkey would continue its relations with the European Commission and Parliament during Greek Cypriot administration’s EU presidency, EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said at a TV program.
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Posted in European Union on Oct 4th, 2011
On 4 October 2011, a US delegation from the Illinois State Council paid a visit to the Republic of Turkey Ministry for European Union Affairs. The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Egemen Bagis, Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator, who replied to questions concerning Turkey-EU relations.
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Sep 29th, 2011
Turkey’s European Union Minister Egemen Bagis on Wednesday participated in a session of the European Parliament discussing the Union’s visa regime on Turkish nationals. Today’s gathering of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee was the first high level meeting between Turkey and the EU on what Ankara hopes would lead to further negotiations to remove visa [...]
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Sep 17th, 2011
The secretary general of the Council of Europe said on Saturday that the European Union (EU) should embrace Turkey. Throbjorn Jagland said he could not understand EU’s treatment on Turkey, and a country like Turkey did not deserve that unjust treatment. It was high time that the EU embraced Turkey, Jagland said during the Eighth [...]
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Sep 7th, 2011
The Spanish prime minister said on Tuesday that changes in the Arab world indicated how important Turkey’s European Union (EU) accession was. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said changes in the Arab world and economic crisis in the EU once more indicated how important Turkey’s EU accession was.
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By Joanna Sopinska Irritated by the prolonged impasse in its EU accession talks, Turkey has called on the member states to unlock the process. The appeal came following the entry into force of the decree amending Law No 5737 on foundations in Turkey. « It is time for the EU and member states to question [...]
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Jul 14th, 2011
The Turkish minister for affairs with the European Union (EU) said on Wednesday that EU got older with each passing day, and thus, it needed members like Turkey and Ukraine. Speaking during his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryschenko in capital Ankara, Turkey’s EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Turkey and Ukraine could cooperate in [...]
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Posted in European Union, Turkish Press on Jul 11th, 2011
The European commissioner for enlargement will pay a formal visit to Turkey, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. A Foreign Ministry statement said Stefan Fule would arrive in Turkey on Monday, and hold talks in Ankara and Istanbul till July 13. The commissioner is expected to discuss ways to speed up Turkey-European Union (EU) relations [...]
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Posted in European Union on Jun 27th, 2011
Hit by the financial crisis, the European Union might need Turkey more than ever to gear up the growth and sustain a resilient economy, said the chairman of Turkey’s Economic Development Foundation, or IKV, on Monday. “Burden,” a word repeatedly used for Turkey’s possible membership in the EU, is no more valid thanks to strong [...]
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