EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fule said yesterday (Feb 27) via his twitter account that Turkey was one step closer to open new accession talks. Member states agreed what the Turkish government needs to do on the negotiating chapter 22, titled regional policy and coordination of structural instruments. This will be the first chapter to be opened after almost two and a half years. Last week, Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel said that she favoured opening talks in a new policy chapter to revive the stalled talks between Turkey and the EU but added that she was still sceptical about Turkeys EU membership. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more