EU-Turkiye relations

World

Greek, Turkish leaders to meet on NATO summit sidelines amid tensions

Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, is in Greece for talks with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.

31/05/2021

Turkey

Sofagate: von der Leyen says seating snub in Turkey was due to sexism

Ursula von der Leyen promises to defend women's rights after saying she felt "hurt" by a seating snub during a meeting with male leaders in Turkey earlier this month.

27/04/2021

Italy

Italian PM slams ‘dictator’ Erdogan over von der Leyen chair incident

Mario Draghi said he was “very displeased by the humiliation” the EU Commission president suffered during her meeting with the Turkish president.

08/04/2021

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

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

Turkey

Turkey probes Dutch MP Geert Wilders over 'insulting' Erdogan tweets

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into remarks by Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders, who called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "terrorist".

16/02/2021

Turkey

Erdogan wants to draft a new 'civilian' constitution for Turkey

The president said Turkey's current constitution contains "indelible" traces of the "military tutelage".

01/02/2021

Europe News

Calls for EU sanctions against Turkey over Eastern Mediterranean

The threat of sanctions is looming over Turkey, as calls grow within the EU for the country to face measures for its increasingly aggressive actions in the East Mediterranean and Northern Cyprus.

15/10/2020

Turkey

Turkish ship at centre of Greece drilling row returns to Mediterranean

The move is likely to reignite tensions with Greece over the sovereignty of waters in the eastern Mediterranean and ownership of natural resources.

12/10/2020

Greece

Greece's top national security advisor resigns over Turkey remarks

Alexandros Diakopoulos said his comments — which he had later retracted — had “caused confusion and created a problem” for Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

19/08/2020

Turkey

Turkey 'set to announce Mediterranean gas find' amid EU energy dispute

A source in the presidential palace has told Euronews' Turkish service that President Erdogan will be announcing the discovery of a new natural gas source in the Mediterranean on Friday.

19/08/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. Turkey's decision to remove Hagia Sophia's universal status is a new provocation of Europe ǀ View

The controversial decision to strip the Hagia Sophia of its status as a symbol of interfaith and intercultural co-operation is yet another hammer blow to EU-Turkish relations.

23/07/2020

World

Erdogan demands EU chiefs in Brussels support Turkey 'without delay'

The migrant crisis on Europe's doorstep is no closer to resolution. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with the EU's top officials to demand more support for his country 'without any further delay'. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the meeting had been 'constructive'.

10/03/2020

Greece

EU-Turkey migration deal is 'dead,' warns Greek PM Mitsotakis

The migration deal is "dead because Turkey has decided to completely violate the agreement because of what happened in Syria," says Greek PM Mitsotakis.

07/03/2020

Greece

Child dies off Greece as migrants rush from Turkey to Europe

A child died when a small boat capsized at sea off Greece on Monday as migrants tried to push into Europe after Turkey opened its frontiers for refugees to pass though.

02/03/2020

Turkey

New dam on River Tigris will wipe out entire village of Hasankyef

They call it the cradle of civilisation. Historians refer to it as Mesopotamia - the place where the Stone Age began. But the ruined buildings that have dotted the landscape of southern Turkey for thousands of years, will soon be lost forever as a new dam is being built on the River Tigris.

10/06/2019