Recep Tayyip Erdogan

As an upcoming Nov. 24 European Parliament vote on the status of EU-Turkey talks heats up the debate on Turkey's stalled accession to the 28-member bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed continued dialogue while criticizing Ankara.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has reacted to comments Tuesday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who said that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, which set the modern borders between Greece and Turkey, was up for debate.

"We have no intention of questioning the binding texts which are the foundations of our [bilateral] ties," Tsipras told his lawmakers Wednesday.

Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani visited Turkey on Nov. 23 and held talks with turkey's president, prime minister and foreign minister, during which he focused on the ongoing Mosul offensive and the detention of Ahmet Türk, the ousted mayor of Mardin. 

Around half a million Russian tourists visited Antalya after Russia lifted a ban on charter flights thanks to rapprochement between the two countries following a jet crisis last year, data compiled by Doğan News Agency has showed. 

Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attacked Greece's left-led coalition government saying that its poor performance had invited pity and compassion from the international community.

We look set to go through a bumpy and potentially perilous period as far as our ties with Turkey are concerned. Let us take a look at the facts. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is very powerful, but is facing serious dangers. The Cyprus issue risks coming to a dead end - perhaps this is the last chance to solve it.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry called on all parties of the Cyprus talks to determine a date for an immediate five-party conference, with the participation of Turkey, Greece and the United Kingdom as guarantor powers, along with the island's two communities, amid a parallel continuation of negotiations. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the European Union for what he described as its stance against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. 

The European Parliament's upcoming voting on freezing membership talks with Turkey has no value for the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Nov. 23, repeating his criticism against Europe for "siding with terrorist organizations."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will convene top economy officials to discuss the Turkish Lira's weakness and other economic issues late on Nov. 23, after another meeting that was to be headed by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım was canceled this week.

The meeting will be held in Erdoğan's presidential office in Beştepe in Ankara, television media reported.