Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Will the new year bring a positive change in EU-Turkey relations?
Now playing Next world news Sweden's NATO bid: Hungary joins Turkey in lifting veto "Our position is clear: the government supports Stockholm's accession to the Atlantic Alliance", Hungary's Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. 11/07/2023
Now playing Next Turkey Ankara could approve Sweden's NATO bid if EU 'opens way' to Turkey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says his country could approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. 10/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News A brief history of Turkey's long road to join the European Union Turkey's ambition to join the European Union has gone through multiple ups and downs since the application was first submitted in 1987. 16/05/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Turkish election: Here's how an opposition win could impact EU ties Turkey is officially a candidate to join the EU but its accession talks have been frozen since 2018 over rule of law and democratic concerns. 13/05/2023
Now playing Next world news Who is Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and can he beat Turkish President Erdoğan? Kılıçdaroğlu’s campaign will likely focus on promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law after years of increasingly centralised power under President Erdoğan. 10/03/2023
Now playing Next world news At least one dead as new quake strikes Turkey, toppling buildings More than 100 people were injured as a result of Monday's quake which was centred on the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province. 27/02/2023
Now playing Next Europe News EU border agency Frontex 'covered up illegal migrant pushbacks' A 120-page report from the EU's anti-fraud watchdog says Frontex was involved in covering up the illegal pushback of migrants from Greece to Turkey, violating their human rights. 14/10/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Turkey warns of 'security risks' if Finland & Sweden join NATO Turkey's president wrote Finland and Sweden's entry into NATO would endanger his country and the "organisation's future". 31/05/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels agrees on more military aid for Ukraine, but no new sanctions The bloc's foreign affairs ministers also agreed to formally approve the EU's so-called Strategic Compass for defence. 21/03/2022
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey reverses threat to expel European ambassadors The 10 ambassadors expelled had called for the release of businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala. 24/10/2021
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey wildfires continue to rage as thermal power plant 'threatened' They are Turkey's worst wildfires in at least a decade and have seen eight people killed and thousands evacuated. 02/08/2021
Now playing Next Green News Eight dead as wildfires rage in Turkey's touristic south Fires have burned down forests, encroached on villages and tourist destinations and forced people to evacuate. 01/08/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU-Turkey relations at 'historic low point,' MEPs warn EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated so much that Brussels needs to profoundly reassess them, MEPs said in an unusually tough report adopted on Wednesday. 19/05/2021
Now playing Next Turkey Clashes, arrests as May Day demonstrations take place across the world Protests have taken place everywhere from Indonesia to Istanbul to Paris and the U.S. 01/05/2021
Now playing Next state of the union Europe's week: AstraZeneca jab troubles and Turkey's diplomacy mistake The European Medicines Agency said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially cause rare blood clots and Commission President von der Leyen got sidelined in Ankara. Here's a look at two key stories making the news in Brussels this week. 09/04/2021
Now playing Next Turkey What's on the agenda as EU chiefs visit Turkey today? Twenty-two years after Turkey became an EU candidate state, its membership of the bloc seems more remote than ever. 06/04/2021
Now playing Next World EU must renew migrant deal with Turkey 'as soon as possible' It has been 5 years since the EU reached an agreement with Turkey over the flow of migrants to Europe. At the height of the migration crisis, the bloc agreed to give Turkey money in exchange for a reduction in illegal crossings and an improvement in the situation of refugees and migrants. 19/03/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels considers visa restrictions against non-EU countries The European Commission may impose visa restrictions on third countries that refuse to take back their citizens who have tried to come into the EU unsuccessfully. 18/03/2021
Now playing Next world news A tough course to digest: EU leaders talk Turkey sanctions over dinner European leaders are divided over the extent of sanctions that should be placed, or whether they should be imposed at all 10/12/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU agrees its own 'Magnitsky' regime to sanction human rights abuses European foreign ministers met Monday and agreed to establish a European Magnitsky Act, designed to sanction serious human rights abuses. 08/12/2020
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