Foreign relations of Turkey
Erdoğan to attend NATO summit in Brussels on May 25
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend a NATO leaders' summit this week in Brussels, the president's office confirmed on May 23.
It said in a statement that Erdoğan would lead Turkey's delegation and join the opening ceremony for the new NATO headquarters on May 25.
Greek, Turkish officials discuss easing tensions
Greek and Turkish officials meeting in Istanbul on Monday expressed a joint interest in scaling down tensions in the Aegean, sources said following the cancellation of a scheduled meeting between Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, apparently because the latter was feeling unwell.
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Russia's Medvedev to attend BSEC summit in Istanbul
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Istanbul on May 22 to attend a summit of the Organization of the Black Sea Cooperation (BSEC) and hold talks with senior Turkish officials amid expectations that Moscow will soon lift all sanctions imposed on Turkish agricultural goods.
Erdoğan in US urges for more investments in Turkey
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan encouraged approximately 40 international investors he met during his visit to the U.S. on May 15 and 16 to intensify investments in Turkey, a written statement from the meeting's coordinator, the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT), said on May 17.
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Leaders meet on sidelines of forum in China
In a bid to defuse tensions that have been rising since last September, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. Greek officials said it was a step in the right direction and that Tsipras focused on ways to improve bilateral ties.
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Turkey, EU step up diplomacy after nosedive in relations
Turkey's EU Minister Ömer Çelik will travel to Brussels and Strasbourg on May 9, where he is expected to hold meetings with the bloc's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, after a period of high tension between the EU and Ankara.
EU, Turkey destined to find way forward together, says EU delegation head to Turkey
Turkey and the European Union share a common destiny to walk forward together, according to Christian Berger, the head of the EU delegation to Turkey, who said it was in Ankara's interest to remain on its path to join the bloc.
EU requires pragmatic, wise response to Turkey paradox
EU sanctions on Turkey would open deepen the country's problems instead of encouraging democracy, the secretary-general of the Turkish Industry and Business Foundation (TÜSİAD) has said, noting that the bloc must wisely and pragmatically manage this paradox.
If you buy it…
Often, when something really odd is said, or if something impossible to believe is said to have happened, Turks say: "Yeah, if you eat it." It has the same meaning as the phrase "If you buy it."
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EU imposes no preconditions before Turkey-EU meet in Brussels
The European Union has not imposed any preconditions on Ankara, such as the lifting of the state of emergency, before a prospective meeting between top Turkish and European officials later in May, Turkish diplomatic sources have said, emphasizing Ankara's interest in keeping channels of dialogue open with Brussels.