by Selin Nasi
After months of negotiations, Turkey and Israel are expected to finalize a deal in imminent reconciliation talks scheduled for June 26. Officials from both sides have been working on a magic formula…
by Ilke Toygür & Melih Özsöz
Aspired facilitation of the issuance of visas for Turkish nationals to the European Union have a long history. With the latest version of the refugee deal the date for visa liberalisation seemed…
by Gokhan Bacik*
The German parliament’s recent resolution declaring the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One a “genocide” could be a turning point not only for Turkey and Germany, but…
by Marc Pierini
In absolute terms, the citizens of Turkey deserve visa-free access to the EU—much like close EU neighbors such as Serbia or faraway countries like Paraguay already enjoy—due to the intensity of trade, financial,…
Solon Ardittis *
So, how is the EU-Turkey agreement beginning to perform three weeks after its official launch? The ‘First Report on the progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement’, published by the…
by MARC PIERINI
The West used to see Turkey as a reliable ally. From the height of the Cold War to the heyday of the country’s EU accession negotiations in the late 2000s, the Turkish republic…
by Selcuk Gultasli
Last week, EUobserver reported that EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker got mad when he heard about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s request that a video mocking him on a German TV…
by Ahmet Erdi Ozturk
Starting from the second half of 2015, there has been an increase in multi-sided violence in south-east Turkey. There have been a number of attacks including suicide attacks by ISIS, and…
by Yves Pascouau
“Deal done!” This is the main outcome and message of the Summit between the 28 EU leaders and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. After many meetings and long hours of discussion between 6/7…
by Eren Alp
March 4, 2016 is a day that will be long remembered in Turkey. It will be known as the day when the clandestine war between the AKP government and its friends-turned-foes Fethullah…