By Will Conroy in Prague On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is clear the EU and Turkey must finally get serious about security cooperation. The argument was lately advanced in an assessment by Chatham House senior consulting fellow Galip Dalay.

The report explores Turkiye’s transition to a circular economy, emphasizing its strategic importance in aligning with EU regulations and enhancing competitiveness in global value chains. It highlights opportunities in textiles and automotive sectors,

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared 2025 to be “the year of the family” and unveiled measures aimed at raising the national birth rate.

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

Selin Sinem Erciyas and Zeynep Çağla Üstün explore whether Turkey, as a non-EU state party to the European Patent Convention, might still face the Unified Patent Court’s jurisdiction under EU regulati

Magnus Brunner, the European Union's new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the EU for migrants.

Turkey has once again become the leading violator of food safety standards in the EU, with its exports triggering 488 alerts in 2024.

Turkey and Brazil remained the main importers of Russian seaborne diesel and gasoil last year amid the European Union's ban on imports of Russian refined products, data from market sources and LSEG showed.

Giorgia Meloni has used cold, hard cash to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than half

The UK government has been involved in a lot of shuttle diplomacy with the EU since Labour won the UK election Early in 2025, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to an informal summit ...

Seven migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea after falling overboard during an attempt by Turkish authorities to intercept their boat near Kuşadası. The boat, carrying around 40 people, was heading toward the Greek island of Samos.

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