By Will Conroy in Prague On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is clear the EU and Turkey must finally get serious about security cooperation. The argument was lately advanced in an assessment by Chatham House senior consulting fellow Galip Dalay.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared 2025 to be “the year of the family” and unveiled measures aimed at raising the national birth rate.

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

Selin Sinem Erciyas and Zeynep Çağla Üstün explore whether Turkey, as a non-EU state party to the European Patent Convention, might still face the Unified Patent Court’s jurisdiction under EU regulati

Magnus Brunner, the European Union's new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the EU for migrants.

Turkey and Brazil remained the main importers of Russian seaborne diesel and gasoil last year amid the European Union's ban on imports of Russian refined products, data from market sources and LSEG showed.

Turkey has once again become the leading violator of food safety standards in the EU, with its exports triggering 488 alerts in 2024.

Sanctions have ended former Chelsea owner’s globetrotting days – but he still lives a life of luxury in Turkey

Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than half.

Turkey was Georgia’s biggest trade partner in 2024, with mutual trade turnover equaling over $3.2 bln, up by 8% compared with 2023, while the US came in third with mutual trade turnover exceeding $2.1 bln,

Three to four million Germans living abroad are entitled to vote in the upcoming snap German elections on February 23. But there are a few snags.

Turkish Airlines is preparing to expand its global footprint with new long-haul services to Minneapolis, USA, and Auckland, New Zealand, according to Turkish local media Turizm ekonomi. Ishrion Aviation shared the news on social media Threads on Saturday.