Turkey is commemorating the 85th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's death, a date that coincides with the centenary of the secular republic he founded. In Europe, Atatürk — a surname bestowed on ...

In the run-up to Cyprus joining the EU, then president Tassos Papadopoulos gave assurances to the European Commission that all of the island would become part of the Union. Papadopoulos did not keep ...

Turkey has rejected claims from the European Parliament that it has improperly expelled foreign Christians from the country.

ANKARA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Officials from the European Union and Turkey will restart talks next week on modernising a customs union between the two sides, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on ...

Turkey has been accused of placing some prisoners into tiny cells with no daylight. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ISTANBUL, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid criticized on Wednesday its "serious backsliding" on democratic standards, the rule of ...

Turkey and Germany have tussled over issues like Turkey’s human-rights record and protests by Kurds in German cities. Their latest dust-up concerns the döner kebab. Two years ago, Turkey applied to ...

ANKARA, Feb 5 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will push for a speedy resumption of talks with the European Union to update their customs union during a visit to Turkey by the bloc's ...

The European Union signed its 'biggest-ever contract' to support the country’s 'most vulnerable refugees' on Wednesday and pledged also to help the country's struggling economy. Turkish Foreign ...