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President Erdoğan: Turkey’s rise drives the West crazy
Amid growing criticism of Turkey from Western institutions over serious human rights violations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that the West is disturbed...
Economist: Acrimonious breakup between Turkey, EU a matter of time
The London-based Economist weekly news magazine said in an article on Saturday that an acrimonious breakup between Turkey and the EU appears to be...
Erdoğan to European Union: State of emergency might be extended
During a rant against the European Union on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey might extend a state of emergency that has drawn...
Erdoğan on reinstating death penalty: I don’t make decisions based on what foreigners say
In a series of speeches slamming the European Union for its criticism of Turkey over violation of human rights and media freedoms and the...
Prime minister says EP humiliated itself with vote on Turkey
Joining the ranks of many senior-level Turkish politicians who slammed the European Parliament’s vote to freeze EU accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali...
Juncker: EU has relations with all dictatorships, must refrain from giving lessons to Turkey
After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Europe on Friday with opening the border gates to 3 million refugees in Turkey, President of the European...
Turkish deputy PM praises EU amid tensions over suspending accession talks
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Friday that the European Union is not collapsing and that on the contrary, it is a...
Turkish PM threatens EU: Cutting off talks would bring ‘flood’ of migrants to Europe
In the wake of a European Parliament vote to freeze accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Thursday threatened Europe, saying that...
[BREAKING] European Parliament votes in favor of freezing talks with Turkey
The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey's EU membership talks because of the Turkish government's "disproportionate" response to a failed coup attempt that...
European Parliament to vote on freezing talks with Turkey
Several groups in the European Parliament (EP) on Tuesday called for temporarily freezing EU accession talks with Turkey due to repressive measures taken in...
[BREAKING] Harms: EP to vote on freezing negotiations with Turkey tomorrow
After the European Parliament (EP) convened to discuss Turkey on Tuesday, the co-president of the Greens/EFA group within the EP announced that same evening...
Despite postponed trip, EP president favors dialogue with Turkey
Although the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday postponed a visit to Ankara by two of its members due to a disagreement with the Turkish...