EFDbackup: It looks like Turkey under duress may have sold her old ally Hamas, in rapprochement with Israel

Thursday, June 23, 2016

It looks like Turkey under duress may have sold her old ally Hamas, in rapprochement with Israel

Ball in Israel’s court, Hamas not an issue: FM

FM Çavuşoğlu denies that Turkey will abandon Hamas in its dealings with Israel, while saying Tel Aviv must take the next step to improve ties

The Guardian view on Turkey and Europe: separating facts from fiction | Editorial

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Editorial

Turkey’s accession to the European club may be a promise made in 1963, but there is no prospect of it ever happening – despite what Brexiters claim

Turkey’s PM sends reconciliatory messages to Russia, Israel, Syria, Egypt

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has sent reconciliatory messages to four countries with whom Turkey has been experiencing problems, declaring that there can be no lasting enmity among countries in the Black Sea and Mediterranean

Erdoğan will go to NATO Warsaw Summit with critical messages on Black Sea, Syria

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will participate in NATO’s Warsaw Summit scheduled to take place in early July at a critical moment for the alliance

Turkey returns European Parliament report

Turkey has returned a report by the European Parliament, which included the harshest criticisms of Ankara voiced by Brussels in recent years, deeming it “unacceptable.”

Turkey hopes Erdoğan message to Putin will herald normalization

Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has expressed hope that a congratulatory message sent by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a Russian national holiday will mark “a major step along the normalization process”

Russia: No Section in Erdoğan’s Letter Requires Response

Bianet :: English

Kremlin Spokesperson Peskov has evaluated the letter the President Erdoğan sent to Putin: “Relations will not normalize unless Ankara takes certain steps

Turkey-EU migrant deal still fragile despite progress: Brussels

A comprehensive deal reached between Ankara and Brussels in a bid to stop the flow of irregular migrants from Turkey to Greece has shown further progress since April, however that progress remains fragile, the European Commission has said

Turkey extends gesture to Germany at İncirlik despite dispute

Turkey grants Germany permission to construct a guesthouse at İncirlik Air Base despite disagreement over a ‘genocide’ motion

The Difficulty and Uncertainty of Life in Turkey as a Syrian Refugee

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Yilmaz Ibrahim Basha

Erdogan’s apogee

EurActiv.com by Andrew Duff

Turks, being both friendly and political, usually ask visitors what they think of Turkey. Seldom nowadays do they like the answer, writes Andrew Duff.

Dundar: There is a better Turkey than Erdogan’s and a better EU than Merkel’s

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

Can Dündar, the Turkish journalist who gained international notoriety as a symbol of the resistance against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s crackdown on media, called “shameful” the arrangements between the EU and Turkey to deal with the migration crisis and expressed doubts that they will work.

Migrant crisis: EU’s top diplomat in Turkey resigns

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