Posts Tagged: Turkey EU
Double Standards Haunt US and Europe in NATO Dispute with Turkey
US and European acquiescence in Turkey's long-standing refusal to honor Kurdish ethnic, cultural, and political rights has come home to roost with Turkish opposition to...
Deepen Trade With Turkey but Ready Sanctions, EU Report Says
The European Union should start negotiations on deeper trade ties with Turkey but be ready to impose economic sanctions if Ankara moves against the bloc's...
Erdogan: Turkey Still Committed to EU Membership Despite Bloc’s Failed Promises
Turkey maintains its commitment to a full European Union membership even though the bloc has not kept its promises, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on...
Turkey Cannot Become an EU Member, Says EPP’s Weber
Turkey cannot become a member of the European Union, said Manfred Weber, the European Peoples Party's (EPP) lead candidate for the upcoming European elections, adding...
Turkey Needs to Take Steps to Revive EU Accession Process: Dutch Minister
Turkey's EU accession negotiations have come to a standstill, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said on a visit to Ankara on Wednesday, and it must...
Will Erdoğan’s Ego Lead to His Downfall?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Republic of Turkey's brilliant -- if evil -- president, so dominates his country's political scene that he can afford a bit...
A Modest Proposal for a New ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’ Campaign
There is a country in the Middle East which makes a great play of being a democracy and about espousing Western ideals regarding human rights,...
Turkey, Amid Islamization and Anti-Semitism, Fit for EU Membership?
JNS.org - It's a familiar pattern. The citizens of a Middle Eastern state explode with frustration against their corrupt, repressive government. They gather for noisy, impassioned demonstrations...
European Parliament Member: Turkey Has Replaced Kemalism With Islamism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) was initially rewarded by the European Union for changing Turkey's Kemalist state ideology, but Kemalism...
Merkel: Turkey’s EU Bid Must be Kept on Track
Al Arabiya - German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Monday she had hesitations over Turkey's full membership in the European Union but said the entry...
Beware Turkish Hypocrisy
Recent Turkish pressure on France and Germany regarding accession to the European Union heighten the need to question Turkey's strategic intentions and...
