EU to cut aid to Turkey as accession talks trail off - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Barin Kayaoglu

Barin Kayaoglu

Oct 24, 2017

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) walks with European Council President Donald Tusk (R) in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. — REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik reacts during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, March 14, 2017. Picture taken March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX3127J

EU parliament votes to halt accession talks with Turkey

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Anti-government protesters, who call themselves ''anti-capitalist Muslims'', shout slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul June 23, 2013. The European Union is on the verge of scrapping a new round of membership talks with Turkey, a move that would further undermine Ankara's already slim hopes of joining the bloc and damage its relations with Brussels. Germany, the EU's biggest economic power, is blocking efforts to revive Turkey's EU membership bid, partly because of its handling of anti-government prot

Turkish Protests Provide Electroshock to EU Ties

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reacts during a news conference at Euxinograd residence, near Varna, Bulgaria, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19A9FECE50

Latest Turkey-EU talks end with no progress

Semih Idiz

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in Ankara December 7, 2012. Ban called on the international community and the U.N. Security Council on Friday to unite and take decisive action to end the conflict in Syria, saying only a political solution could end the violence. REUTERS/Kayhan Ozer/Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THI

Turkey's Foreign Policy Straddles East and West

Semih Idiz