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The EU has urged Turkey to adopt a new constitution as soon as possible to solve the country's problems, while criticizing serious shortcomings on fundamental human rights.  The final version ...

European Union's chief officer for enlargement has described Turkey "a key country" for the union. European Union's chief officer for enlargement has described Turkey "a key country" for the union, ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged her country's continuing support to Greece. During her first visit there since the eurozone crisis erupted nearly three years ago, she said it had ...

The Turkish government should not use the tactic of giving a little bit under pressure, but set out some eye-catching goals in regards to solving Turkey's long-standing Kurdish problem, an ...

On May 8 the governments of Italy and Turkey held their second summit in Rome. Accompanied by their ministers of foreign and European affairs, interior, economy, environment and finance, Prime ...

Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan gvt. most successful Turkish gvt. in post-war era. Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a recent book he ...

The fact that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not voice any hope for Turkey's EU membership bid during a key speech he made at his party's much-anticipated congress on ...

Ankara has a major role to play in an EU that needs to transform itself, leading economist Kemal Derviş says, encouraging the country to face west rather than east. Europe ...

Turkish Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış has signaled that Turkey will block access to an anti-Islam movie which attacks the Prophet Muhammad and which sparked outrage ...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq has plans to sell its gas to Europe via Turkey and for a new crude pipeline project, according to Ashti Hawrami, the ...