EC Archive
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Nicolas Sarkozy tells David Cameron: ‘We’re sick of you telling us what to do’
Posted on October 25, 2011 | 1 CommentDavid Cameron clashed repeatedly with Nicolas Sarkozy today after the French President tried to exclude Britain and non-eurozone countries from a critical Brussels summit to rescue European banks. By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels... -
EU commission to confront Turkey on free press
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsBy Andrew Rettman The European Commission in its annual enlargement report will tell Turkey to stop attacking investigative journalists and to back off on Cyprus gas exploration. The report, due... -
Ignoring Rights in Turkey, and Its Cost to Everyone
Posted on November 23, 2010 | No CommentsThe European Commission’s latest annual report on Turkey’s progress toward EU membership made one thing very clear: Turkey is not doing enough to improve its human rights record. Turkey has... -
Turkish PM Meets European Commission’s President
Posted on November 12, 2010 | No CommentsTurkey’s prime minister had a meeting with the president of the European Commission (EC) in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday. Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EC President Jose Manuel Barroso... -
DEAD HEADS by Cem Ryan
Posted on October 14, 2010 | No CommentsIt's now all the chi-chi fashion rage! The prurient fashion designing male politicians of both sides are again trying to determine what Turkish women should wear on their heads. -
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EU-Turkey relations
Posted on October 3, 2010 | No CommentsTurkey is a candidate country for EU membership following the Helsinki European Council of December 1999. Accession negotiations [178 KB] started in October 2005 with the analytical examination of the... -
DARKNESS MADE VISIBLE BY THE TURKISH ZOLA
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsOn 29 September 2010, 108 years to the day after Zola’s death, the ongoing disaster called Turkey received yet another Pinochet-style shock in its struggle to retain its secularity. -
One day Turkey will run the EU
Posted on September 30, 2010 | 2 Comments28 September 2010 Die Presse Vienna Hassan Bleibel, Al Mustaqbal (Beirut) Turkey isn’t even a member yet, but deputy prime minister Ali Babacan is already demanding a leading role in... -
A Heart of Darkness Envelopes Turkey: A Letter to President Obama (20 July 2010) English/Turkish
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsJAMES C. RYAN, Ph.D. [Letterhead Redacted] 20 July 2010 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 USA... -
Exiled Turkish politician’s relatives trace his footsteps on trip to Malta
Posted on July 19, 2010 | No CommentsClaudia Calleja Almost a century after a Turkish politician was exiled to Malta, his five great-grandchildren and their families are visiting the island aboard a boat they call home. Curious... -
The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe Wall Street Journal JULY 10, 2010 By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS ATHENS–As Greece slashes spending to avoid default, it hasn’t moved to skimp on one area: defense. The deeply indebted Mediterranean...
