Accession of Turkey to the European Union

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will pay a two-day visit to Turkey on Nov. 17-18, seeking to find a common approach to deal with the migrant crisis.

Turkey and the EU Commission have agreed on a refugee action plan that will include short- and medium-term measures following necessary approval by political leaders, a high-level EU official has said.

By European Council President Donald Tusk

The purpose of our informal meeting, which took place right after the summit with our African partners, was to speed up the implementation of the decisions taken so far by the European Council.

Can the European Union (EU) solve its crisis with the Syrian refugees without the help of Turkey?

If the answer was affirmative, there would be no EU delegations shuttling between Brussels and Ankara at a pace that nobody has seen for the last five years.

The number of EU workers in the UK hit a record high of 2.1 million people at the end of September, including 219,000 Romanians and Bulgarians, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday, citing official data.

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trTop EU officials are set to pay a visit to the Turkish capital of Ankara for talks expected to focus on the refugee crisis shortly after the release of a progress report in which the EU's executive body accused the full membership candidate of backsliding on the rule of law, rights and the m

European Commission published its report on the enlargement process where it assesses where the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey stand in preparing to meet EU membership requirements, and sets out what needs to be done to address the remaining challenges.

The European Union's offer of funds to Turkey as part of a plan to deal with the refugee crisis should have been made a long time ago, European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri has told Anadolu Agency.

"Turkey should have been given support much earlier when it comes to financially coping with providing for these 2.5 million refugees," Piri said. "[It] is not enough."

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in Parliament to respond to a question tabled by main opposition New Democracy MP George Koumoutsakou on Greece’s refugee and migrant policy.

Question

The European Union is acting pragmatically toward Turkey in bargaining over refugees, according to the head of an organization working on Turkey-EU relations. '[Ankara] should play their cards well.