Granting Turkey membership in the EU would offer Europe the chance to redefine both itself and its raison d’être.
Turkey Tests Short-Range Ballistic Missile Tayfun
(MENAFN- IANS) Ankara, May 24 (IANS) Turkey has conducted the second test-firing of homegrown short-range ballistic missile Tayfun, said Ismail Demir, the President of the country’s defence industry agency. Demir made the announcement on Tuesday on his …
Family get ready to fly Wirral woman on life support home from Turkey
The family of a woman on life support in Turkey said they were overwhelmed almost £50,000 has been raised to pay for an air ambulance to get her home. Melissa Kinsella, 30, of Wirral, collapsed on 15 May and is currently on life-support, her partner’s sister in-law Stacy Shaw said.
Turkey Elections: Runoff becomes tug of war over Syrian refugees
IZMIR, Turkey — With a mere 96 hours to Sunday’s crucial runoff that will determine whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will remain at Turkey’s helm for a third decade, the opposition and government have placed Turkey’s 4 million Syrian refugees …
Germany rejects Turkey’s accusations of lack of freedom for the press
The Turkish ambassador in Berlin was told on Tuesday that the German government “firmly rejects” the Turkish government’s accusations that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are not respected in Germany,
If Turkey’s strongman wins, don’t give up on Turkish democracy
Disengagement is tempting, but it would give up what leverage the international community still has to protect human rights.
Turkey’s crucial runoff becomes tug of war over Syrian refugees
As Turkey heads for its presidential runoff, the opposition and the government are in a race to send Syrians and other refugees back home in an effort to woo nationalist voters.
For the Winner in Turkey, One Prize Is an Economy at the Edge of Crisis
Whichever candidate wins Turkey’s runoff election will face a significant economic crisis.Credit…Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times But if he becomes president, Mr. Kilicdaroglu will inherit a …
Iraq’s Kurdish oil output falls as pipeline outage continues
Oil production in Iraq’s Kurdistan region continues to drop as export flows to Turkey’s Ceyhan port show few signs of restarting after a stoppage that has lasted almost two months.
Iraq Oil Output Continues To Fall Amid Turkey Spat
Oil production in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)-ruled region has continued to drop, extending a stoppage that has lasted nearly two months. Export flows to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port show few signs of restarting months after …