PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the EU for handling Turkeys accession process, calling the long delay in EU entry unforgivable. Speaking in Prague after a meeting with his Czech counterpart yesterday, Erdogan said that Turkey had started the formal process for integration in 1963 and this delay of more than 50 years was unforgivable. The government is committed to the EU accession but negotiations could not go on forever, Erdogan added. In October last year, Erdogan had warned that the EU might lose Turkey if the Union did not grant the country membership by 2023. |
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