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Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
Agora, worrying. Several delays to shipments by China’s Sinovac have forced Ankara to repeatedly revise its... with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi when he visited Ankara at the end of March, stressing.... *Wolfango Piccoli is co-president of Teneo Intelligence. He also serves as director of research
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Turkey: Fires expose how Erdogan's regime is descending into farce and caricature
Agora. The disaster caught the government badly unprepared, forcing officials to admit that Ankara lacks a functioning....) to try to disguise Ankara’s incompetence is a sign of desperation, an increasing dependence... even for Erdogan. *Wolfango Piccoli is co-president of Teneo Intelligence. He also serves as director
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Development model questioned again amid reaction to luxury resort go-ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the development model promoted by the New Democracy government. On Saturday PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke... brings a new model of value-added development to the area, pointing to the heavy investment
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agoraits own Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), just as Cyprus did after bilateral agreements with Israel... to view the dispute in less cut-and-dried terms than it is seen in Athens, Nicosia and Ankara.... In the meantime, Ankara has signed an agreement with the Turkish-Cypriots for gas exploration north of the island
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Optimism for Cyprus solution abounds but talks at delicate phase
PoliticsForeign Policyif it included as a precondition the opening of five accession chapters for Ankara. Schulz’s comments gave... licensing round for the exploration rights in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Turkey claims.... The statement by Ankara was issued on March 25 and condemns the Cyprus Republic’s decision to proceed
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Greek-Turkish relations back in focus amid overflights and NATO chief's visit
PoliticsForeign Policysuch as Oinousses and Panayia is an attempt by Ankara to rekindle and broaden to challenge Greek sovereignty.... This absence of a plan allows Ankara to challenge Greek sovereignty not only in the air, where Ankara has rejected any alliance operation, but also in territorial waters. Ministries split Defence
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policyis to return in Turkey, this will be the end of the country's EU accession process. If Ankara abandons... by Turkey to get EU access through the back door, in contravention of the acquis communautaire. Ankara's... in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These projects "could determine the future of Cyprus’s
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Athens facing diplomatic developments on several fronts in September
PoliticsForeign Policyinterventions from the EU and NATO, which may have played a significant role in convincing Ankara... soldiers was a gesture of goodwill by Ankara that had little political cost for Erdogan... despite the numerous calls by Ankara for their extradition so they can be tried in connection
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Athens waits for EU action on Turkey and Greece's Balkan neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policysanctions against Ankara. “We regard Turkey as an equal. If Turkey has the illusion of being a powerful... said that Ankara would allow millions of Syrian refugees to head west if the European Union... to resettle nearly a million Syrians from Turkey into a controversial "safe zone" in Syria
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Athens hoping EU diplomatic drive will defuse latest Aegean crisis
PoliticsForeign Policynegotiations with Ankara as well. Following his meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... by the agreement Ankara made with Libya last year, and which Athens has described as null and void... played a vital role in defusing the tension that built up between Athens and Ankara last month
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