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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Europe Series

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

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

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

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

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

World News

NATO meeting: US-Turkey row takes centre stage as FMs discuss China

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo locked horns with Turkish FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu as NATO foreign ministers met at a virtual conference.

03/12/2020

Turkey

Turkey changes course: Ankara looks to rebuild ties as domestic woes mount

Turkey changes course: Ankara looks to rebuild ties as domestic woes mount

26/11/2020