Erdogan's government

Thousands of students, academics, activists and opposition party members organised a second protest on Wednesday in Kadikoy Pier Square in Istanbul over the appointment of a new rector at Bogazici University.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and other migrants.

As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras broaches the issue of Turkey's ongoing detention of two Greek soldiers as well as the recent spike in Turkish aggression in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean at a meeting of European Union leaders, in Washington the Greek-American community continues its efforts to highlight Ankara's provocations.

BELGRADE - "The European Union needs Turkey more than Turkey needs the European Union," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed in a televised speech to municipal leaders in Ankara on Tuesday.