Turkey

An updated migration deal can revitalise Turkey-EU relations

Ibrahim Kalin View from the Council 19 March 2021

The spokesperson and chief advisor to the Turkish president calls for a new migration agreement that addresses the challenges that have emerged in the last five years

Low expectations: A year of renewal for the EU-Turkey relationship

Asli Aydıntaşbaş Commentary 27 January 2021

Grand bargains are tough to achieve but, eventually, Turkey and the EU will have to strike up a working partnership whereby they cooperate on some issues and compete on others

Mutual reassurance: Why Europe should support talks between Egypt and Turkey

Matteo Colombo Commentary 14 January 2021

By facilitating a rapprochement between Cairo and Ankara, European governments could make progress towards their strategic objective of stabilising the Middle East and North Africa

Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Europe’s mediatory power & Turkish-Greek reconciliation

29 September 2020 Online ECFR Berlin

Virtual debate ahead of the special European Council on Europe's mediatory power in the Eastern Mediterranean

In the media

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The New York Times 8 April 2021

Asli Aydıntaşbaş comments on the recent protocol mishap at an EU visit to Turkey when Ursula von der Leyen was not offered a chair alongside her male co-chair.

This transitional government was born as the consequence of al-Sisi and Erdogan’s attempts to open a dialogue.

Il Sole 24 ore 15 March 2021

Arturo Varvelli comments on the new Libyan transitional government in the light of the rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey.

The Washington Post 16 February 2021

Asli Aydintasbas on US-Turkey relations.

The National (UAE) 19 January 2021

According to Matteo Colombo, ECFR Junior Pan-European Fellow, European States should encourage a rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey in order to ease tensions in the region.