10 July 2023, Monday / Published in Politics

Erdoğan made Sweden’s NATO bid harder with the Turkish-EU move

In an unexpected move, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan linked Sweden’s application to the Western defense alliance NATO on July 10 with practically frozen relations of Türkiye with the European Union (EU). “First, let’s pave the way for Türkiye in the EU, and then we will pave the way for Sweden just as we did for
28 June 2023, Wednesday / Published in Politics

EU-Türkiye relations in numbers: Giving up chasing membership

60, 43, 36, 28, 24, 18, 16, 8, 7, 6, 100. These numbers are not a part of an arithmetic sequence problem; they indicate the story of Turkish–European Union relations which is like a never-ending story as neither side has said they are giving up. It has been 60 years since the signing of the