Turkish PM calls for settlement of Cyprus
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for active measures aimed at solving the Cyprus issue. Erdogan said Turkey can&#39;t protect its interests in Cyprus if Turkey
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed - presumably over the divided island of Cyprus - ...
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Turkey is battling with the European Union to overcome divisions over Cyprus, immigration and farm policy that stand as the final obstacles to EU entry talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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The Turkish PM refuses to change his stance on the Cyprus problem ahead of a key EU summit.
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Minister for Europe Geoff Hoon has joined Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis in calling on Turkey to satisfy requirements set on its European Union candidacy, including opening its ports to Greek Cypriot ships and aircraft.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed &#151; presumably over the divided island of Cyprus &#151; before he could accept the offer.
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The EU and Turkey have reportedly struck a deal over a demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus before it begins talks on membership. Do you think Turkey should join the EU?
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The 25 prime ministers and presidents said they expected Turkey to start normalizing its trade relations by then with Cyprus.
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EU President Finland said today a Turkish offer to open one port to Cypriot ships did not go far enough and expected member states next week to agree on a partial freeze of accession talks with Ankara.Comment
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks over contentious issues that he has hinted could lead to a Cypriot veto of Ankara's EU membership bid.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated Thursday that he expects to reach a compromise with the EU on the vexed issue of Cyprus before the end of a two-day Brussels summit.
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In an address to the World Economic Forum on Friday (28 January), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said Turkey's membership in the EU would help achieve "reconciliation between civilisations" around the ...
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BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders agreed yesterday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed -- presumably over the contentious issue of Cyprus -- before he could accept the offer.
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Germany's Chancellor Merkel urges Turkey to lift its boycott of Cyprus, but Ankara makes its own demands.
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TURKISH Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned up the heat on the European Union yesterday, insisting his nation deserved full membership and warning that anything less would be a &quot;historic mistake&quot;.