Sarkozy: the trouble maker for Turkey
France’s Sarkozy reaffirms position against Turkey’s EU entry
Dtt-net.com - French President Nicolas Sarkozy today told members of the European Parliament he opposed full Turkish membership of the EU and that he had offered privileged partnership status to Turkish premier Recip Erdogan during bilateral talks."........
Territorial democracy in Turkey and regionalisation in Europe among the highlights of the Congress’ Autumn Session
Intute: Social Sciences - Full record details for Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
"The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation is an independent think-tank which focuses on current policy issues facing Turkey in the main areas of governance and transparency, democratization and foreign policy and International relations. Its English language website provides information on its aims and recent activities. It includes free access to a selection of online working papers and reports. Key topics include Turkish EU relationship (including coverage of Turkey's application to join the European Union) relations between Turey and Greece concerning Cyprus."
Spending like an EU member
Year-end spending habits of Turks are becoming increasingly similar to that of Europeans, according to research conducted by global consulting firm Deloitte. Turkish citizens have started to
About Turkish-EU Consultative Committee
The Turkish-EU Joint Consultative Committee was established in November 1995 and is made up of European Economic and Social Committee members and civil society representatives from...
Europe’s Turkish Conundrum
National Observer (Australia), December 22, 2007, Pg. 51(6) No. 73
Joseph Poprzeczny
REACH creating headaches for Turkish companies
Turkish manufacturers are experiencing difficulties as a result of the EU's REACH chemicals regulation, according to Turkish exporters, who argue that the country should fulfil its pre-accession duties, but "not be discriminated against by the EU at the same time", EurActiv Turkey reports.
Best help for Turkey from the EU
In December 1999 the Helsinki European Council declared Turkey a "candidate state destined to join the European Union on the basis of the same criteria as applied to other candidate states."
Envenomed 2007 EU progress report
The European Commission's 2007 Progress Report relating to Turkey's EU accession process, released on Nov. 6, seems to have been envenomed by Greek Cypriots and under the shadow of the Greek world; the Hellenic peoples, both Greek Cyprus and Greece.
The European Union’s use for Turkey
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the EU. This is not just an effort to develop Turkey's social, political and economic situation. Turkey will have sustainable stability only when its quality of life equals that of developed countries.
Silent revolution
Researchers Yeşim Arat (Boğaziçi University) and Ayse Gül Altınay (Sabancı University) had good and bad news on offer when they unveiled the results of much-needed research on domestic violence in Turkey, sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and carried out, countrywide, among 1,800 married women.
What the progress report fails to appreciate
It is possible to say that the most recent progress report by the EU is no different from those released in the past. The only new and different element in the latest report is the relevancy established between the same subject matter and contemporary events.
301: Resistance to democracy
The "progress report" issued by the EU for candidate countries each year was released three days ago. This is the 10th report that the EU published for Turkey so far.
Turkish women: cover your hair, not your mouth
Fatma, Nihal and Zeynep - three self confident, educated young women from Istanbul raise concerns about Turkey's headscarf ban in parliament and universities, as an annual EU progress report is set to slam Turkey upon its release on 7 November
UE/Turquie : Ankara s’attelle à la révision de l’article 301 de son code pénal
Europolitique
8 novembre 2007, No. 3408
La Turquie n’a pas tardé à réagir à l’un des principaux reproches que lui a adressés la Commission européenne le 6 novembre : Ankara va modifier l’article 301 de son Code pénal
UE/Turquie : la BEI ouvre des bureaux de représentation à Ankara et Istanbul
Europolitique
8 novembre 2007, No. 3408
Le vice-président de la Banque européenne d’Investissement (BEI), Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, a conclu, avec les autorités turques, un accord relatif à l’ouverture de deux bureaux de représentation de la BEI, à Ankara et Istanbul.
NEVER CHANGING FOREIGN POLICY AND THE WAR
by EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
How quickly we have surrendered to the logic of war while talking diplomacy, dialogue and moderation. The responsibility lies with the political elite that keeps murmuring about the same old clichés of a non-existing world. There are foreign policy positions of Turkey reminiscent of military fortifications. These are at the very foundations of the Republic and were thought as definite answers to the problems inherited from the Ottoman era: The Armenian, Greek and Kurdish questions. Nothing has changed in Turkey's…
