The deterioration of Turkey's economic situation led to the restoration of relations with Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, but not with the European Union. Apart from ...

an important route for natural gas to Europe that borders other important regional players like Israel and Egypt. That is particularly critical given Turkey’s strained relations with Israel over ...

Turkey’s recent policies in Syria are emblematic of the way a middle power can exert influence in its region, sometimes outmaneuvering seemingly stronger players. Throughout Syria’s civil war, which ...

The stalled accession process is no longer viable. A pragmatic pivot towards an interest-driven cooperation model is required Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the Meeting of ...

Problems experienced by Europe stem from 'strategic blindness' as 'the extent of the military deficiency and the current ...

Crimea is of great strategic importance to Turkey, and it does not want the peninsula to become an internationally recognized ...

Despite a push for rapprochement, Athens displays increasing unease with Ankara’s growing diplomatic influence in Europe and ...

Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations ... relationship and stable relationship with Turkey. It's a significant EU strategic actor.

N ato has reportedly called on the EU and Turkey to improve their relations given Donald Trump’s move to deprioritise the US role in the security of Europe. The US president’s downgrading of ...

That was the message MEPs sent when they voted on a report about Turkey's EU accession process on May 7 in Strasbourg. Amid a crackdown on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political rivals as ...

CEPS) says that relations between Ankara and the EU are entering a renewed period of uncertainty after a brief period of euphoria following the Helsinki Summit which admitted Turkey as one of the ...