Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and EU High Representative Josep Borrell discuss relations between Ankara and Brussels as well as regional issues.
In a diplomatic note sent to the two countries' embassies and the EU delegation, Ankara says they must seek its permission before conducting any work in Turkey's continental shelf.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Prime Minister Ersin Tatar on the win, adding Ankara will continue efforts to protect rights of Turkish Cypriots.
Facing the growing reality that a confrontation with Turkey may end badly, Greece is making questionable defence procurement decisions that may already be too little too late.
Turkish F-16 jets intercepted six aircraft approaching an area in the Eastern Mediterranean where Turkey had issued Navtex alert and warded them off after finding that the jets belonged to Greece.
Ankara’s long-term plans to strengthen its naval forces are paying off in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The rejection came from Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar after a French official claimed that the Turkish navy had harassed one of France’s vessel taking part in a NATO mission in the Mediterranean.
Ankara’s potential military deployment to Libya shows Turkey’s growing clout in a volatile region, where the country has recently flexed its muscles from northern Syria to northern Iraq, going after the PKK/YPG terror groups.
Turkey made a big investment in improving its naval defences in the last decade, increasing the number of warships and military vessels and relying on homegrown technology.
Described as a Cold War casualty, Russia has been reasserting itself both politically and militarily. Experts argue that Moscow aims to reclaim its old glory.
US President refuses to endorse bill, which angered Turkey, and exposed rifts between the White House and US lawmakers.
Turkey’s deal with Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli is a signal to other Mediterranean states that Ankara can block their gas routes.
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