Faruk Kaymakçı

The international community and the European Union should be generous in pledging financial support to Türkiye for the reconstruction of the country after two devastating earthquakes, a senior Turkish official has said, days before a donors' conference will be held in Brussels.

A senior Turkish official has called on the European Union to treat Turkey fairly, underlining that the candidate country's reform process will be accelerated to the extent consideration for full membership is strengthened.

Turkey and the EU held the "Political Dialogue Meeting" at the level of political directors of both sides following a three-year hiatus.

Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakcı will visit Sarajevo on Nov. 29 for bilateral political consultations, a Foreign Ministry statement has said.

A man votes in a polling station during the general election in Sofia, Bulgaria, 14 November 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV

Bulgarian Ambassador Angel Tcholakov was informed that Turkey rejects all allegations that Bulgarian voters of Turkish ethnicity were essentially directed by the Turkish authorities to vote for an ethnic Turkish party in Bulgaria on November 14.

Turkey summoned the Bulgarian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry late on Nov. 18 over allegations that Turkey interfered in Bulgaria's presidential and parliamentary elections and internal affairs.

Turkey's diplomat in charge of EU relations on Oct. 28 met with the EU commissioner for enlargement to discuss bilateral ties.

Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakcı on Sept. 29 praised Germany's contribution to the advancement of relations between Turkey and the European Union. 

Addressing a webinar on Turkish-German relations and prospects for the post-Merkel era, Kaymakcı drew attention to the special ties between the two countries.

A U.K. minister from Foreign Office is set to pay a three-day visit to Turkey, an official statement said on June 26.

Wendy Morton, U.K. minister for European Neighborhood and the Americas, "will be visiting Ankara and Hatay which hosts the UN cross-border aid operations to Syria" on June 27-29, according to the statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Turkey and Spain will discuss on June 21 bilateral relations and matters related to the EU in a videoconference, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

The consultations will be co-chaired by Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakcı and Spain's State Secretary for the EU Juan Gonzalez Barba, the ministry said in a statement on June 20.

The Turkey stage of the 15th Europa-Orient and East-West Friendship and Peace Rally, one of the world's leading automobile rallies, has set out for Turkey's Cappadocia from the capital city of Ankara.

Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Faruk Kaymakcı bid farewell to the cars taking part in the rally from the Directorate for EU Affairs building in Ankara.