Posted in Turkish Press on Feb 1st, 2012
The European Commission appreciated on Wednesday Turkey’s third judicial reform package. A statement released from European Commissioner for enlargement Stefan Fule’s office said that Turkey’s third judicial reform package was a right step, and appreciated the initiative. The office welcomed Turkish government’s will to strengthen democratic standards and lift obstacles, and eulogized the fact that [...]
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Posted in Turkish Press on Jan 19th, 2012
As part of a project in which Turkey-EU relations are revealed through cartoons, 2,000 strips have been collected from publications released between 1960 and 2011. The initiative will be completed by October when 75 expertly selected cartoons will be displayed at an exhibition Nearly 2,000 cartoons have been collected as part of a project started [...]
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Posted in Turkish Press on Jan 14th, 2012
The European Parliament’s reporter for Turkey, Ria Oomen-Rujiten, said Turkey’s fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be supported by all European countries. However, she criticized the utilization of terror laws for limiting freedom of press and expression, referring to the Kılıçdaroğlu case as an example.
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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 Turkish Press on Dec 23rd, 2011
Turkish prime minister says Turkey cancels all military cooperation and political consultation with France in protest of a resolution penalizing denial of Armenian ‘genocide’ which is approved by French assembly yesterday. Turkey announced it cancelled bilateral military and economic cooperation and suspended all bilateral political consultation with France, describing the French vote as doing politics [...]
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Posted in Turkish Press on Dec 8th, 2011
Turkish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said Thursday that “Turkey did not say ‘yes’ to everything in its EU process”. Addressing members of the Aegean Chamber of Industry (EBSO) in western province of Izmir, Bagis said that there have been positive developments in the Turkish economy recently.
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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 Turkish Press on Nov 28th, 2011
The EU faces a litmus test as it must decide whether to include Turkey in a critical discussion on the bloc’s attitude toward Syria, an official says An EU decision on whether to invite Turkey to a key meeting on Syria will be critical in determining whether the bloc will become a “global power” or [...]
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Posted in Turkish Press on Nov 25th, 2011
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said on Thursday that the EU needed Turkey, and Turkey needed the EU. Buzek addressed the Turkish parliament and said, “in the EU as well, Turkey has an important role to play. Cyprus remains the last divided country in the European Union – and we also look to you to [...]
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Posted in Turkish Press on Nov 25th, 2011
The president of the European Parliament has said the European Union is looking to Turkey to help stabilize the Middle East, shaken by instability and uprisings since the start of this year. Jerzy Buzek, who is visiting Turkey this week, told Turkish deputies in Parliament on Thursday that he knows from his own experiences that [...]
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