European Parliament’s (EP) vote today could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, [ More … ]
After the European Parliament had voted in favor of a non-binding resolution, calling on the EU Commission and national governments to freeze the talks on Turkey’s European Union membership, the Turkey-EU tense relations became even [ More … ]
By: Barçın Yinanç* France’s new consul general to Istanbul, Bertrand Buchwalter, lived twice in Turkey before being appointed to his last post. He came to Ankara to live for the first time as a young [ More … ]
By: OZAN CEYHUN* Formerly, when a discussion on Turkey was brought to the agenda in the European Parliament (EP), it was followed with great interest by everyone in Turkey. The discussion used to become the hot [ More … ]
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