How Turkey’s religious networks, political channels, minority influence and energy arrangements operate within Bulgaria, and why their combined impact poses a strategic challenge for European sovereignty

The UK has sealed a deal with Turkey for the sale of a batch of 20 Eurofighter jets for €9.16 billion, as announced on Monday evening by a representative of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Kier Starmer. Starmer made his first visit to Turkey, with earlier reports in the day suggesting that apart from talks […]

If Turkey has decided to make life difficult for us, there’s an excellent way to respond: by making life difficult for Turkey, too.

This development carries particular significance for Greece, as in practice it implies that countries like Turkey are not automatically excluded from participating in SAFE-backed programs.

The European Parliament (EP) recommended Turkish EU accession procedures be frozen in a damning report supported by 367 MEPs, with 76 voting against it and 188 abstentions on Wednesday. The report stressed that despite Turkey’s geopolitical and strategic importance, this cannot compensate for its government’s “democratic backsliding,” adding that EU membership criteria are not up […]

The developments come on the same day as the European Parliament adopted a mostly negative report on the resumption of EU-Turkey talks

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an additional €1 billion aid for Turkey’s Syrian refugee management in the country.

Long-standing refusal by official Turkey to recognize the Republic of Cyprus, an EU member-state, again negatively highlighted in the report

A report on the Union's enlargement will be unveiled next Wednesday, with a draft citing support for a 'positive agenda' with Turkey but in a gradual, proportionate and reversible manner

At a previous Gymnich meeting, held under the Belgian presidency, proposals to invite Hakan Fidan to participate met with resistance, since the EU had not adopted conclusions on the Cyprus issue