A Sea Change for Turkey in Europe
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:22Jan2018
Proliferating policy disagreemtns, led by Syria compelled Ankara to seek ways to mend its broken relationship with EU. While hig-levle state visits look good “optically”, former
Angela Merkel backs end to EU-Turkey membership talks
Source:cbcnews Date:04Sep2017
This is truly a bombshell. I don’t know if she could find the votes, but the attempt could cause some damage to markets, bank loans and FDI.
EU commissioner calls for new Turkey policy
Source:EUobserver Date:22Aug2017
While the statement is vague, it could herald a tougher approach towards Turkey: EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn has called for a change of course for the EU on Turkey’s
Brussels talks fail to ease EU-Turkey tensions
Source:Financial Times Date:26Jul2017
The meeting between Federica Mogherini, EU foreign policy chief, Johannes Hahn, European commissioner in charge of Turkey’s stalled EU membership bid, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish foreign minister,
Views from the capitals: What to do about Turkey?
Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:23May2017
This is a definitive survey of what EU capitols think about Erdogan and the future of Turkey-EU relationship. The good news is that unilateral suspension of accession is not in the cards. The bad