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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
AgoraTayyip Erdogan is committed to pushing his country towards membership of the EU, nor that this is what the majority of Turks want. On this point, the Europeans have little, if any, leverage over Erdogan..., or downright aversion, to accepting migrants or people seeking asylum, Erdogan will always have the upper
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Impasse in Cyprus talks puts Athens and Ankara on the spot
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could meet in early December to discuss Cyprus...-mediated process to resolve the decades-old dispute on the island. During a telephone call with Erdogan... between Athens and Ankara on the issue of guarantees. It is not expected that Erdogan’s latest
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Athens sees Cyprus talks progressing despite lack of deal in Geneva
PoliticsForeign Policywith the aim of deterring or addressing any threats to the safety of either Greek or Turkish Cypriots. Erdogan intervention Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Greek side on Friday of trying... by Erdogan on Friday. Interestingly, in one sentence Erdogan says that Turkey will not leave Cyprus
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policythat Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Athens. The trip is due to take place either.... Erdogan’s visit to Greece could be seen as the clearest sign of an effort to put bilateral... President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to Erdogan, who indicated that he was keen to visit Athens long before
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
PM faces toughest week in office Mitsotakis meets Erdogan, loses deputy minister as snap poll talk... coming to power in July as he came face to face with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and lost the first member of his government through resignation. Mitsotakis held talks with Erdogan
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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe EU on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Mitsotakis will be most interested in. Amid suggestions that Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin may try to broker a deal for a safe zone... by giving migrants and refugees free passage to the Greek border. In Greece, the feeling is that Erdogan
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Turkey closes borders, Greece keeps up pressure
PoliticsForeign Policymay have been the result of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s failure to achieve a new agreement... a few hours following Erdogan’s video conference with Merkel, Macron and Boris Johnson. The two... as a victory for Erdogan in his attempt to “blackmail” the EU by “instrumentalising” migrants and refugees
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Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
Agoraand the worsening economic situation. Given the negative trajectory of the pandemic, President Tayyip Erdogan has... vaccination timetable at a time when infections have soared to record highs. Erdogan raised the delay... (TCMB) on interest rates -- the first meeting since President Erdogan rocked markets by installing
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US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyTayyip Erdogan reportedly said that Turkey had certain expectations regarding the SAMP-T long-range air... President Erdogan’s declaration in May that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "no longer exists..., in Madrid. The main exception to this was Erdogan’s far-right governing ally, Devlet Bahçeli
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Athens expects tension with Turkey to drag on as chances of talks fade
PoliticsForeign Policyand the aggressive rhetoric from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lead to a crisis situation until... almost had a direct confrontation over the two Imia islets in the Aegean. Last week, Erdogan also... of the Turkish side, when it sees fit.” Mitsotakis & Erdogan in Prague On October 6, Prague will host
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