Recep Tayyip Erdogan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkey holding a basket full of gifts and the most precious one was the attempt to link the refugee issue with Turkey’s accession to the European Union showing a great willingness to speed up the procedure.

?Super-cyber Turkey in Syberia? appeared in this column on Apr. 11, 2014 ? barely a year and a half ago. It mentioned how Turkey?s security apparatus proudly launched a Center for Response to National Cyber Threats. Earlier, the Turkish military headquarters had formed a Cyber Warfare Command. In 2013 alone, Turkey had hosted about a dozen conferences on cyber security and new technologies.

We are seeing a repeat of the same old film. No one in a position of responsibility is stepping forward to shoulder any blame for what amounts to criminal negligence that allowed the perpetrators of Saturday?s massacre in Ankara to carry out their evil plan.  

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos will have a series of meetings with Turkey’s political leadership within the framework of European consultations with Ankara on the issue of refugees.

Avramopoulos will address an international forum on migration in Istanbul today.

EU Commisioners Frans Timmermans and Johannes Hahn have postponed a scheduled visit to Turkey to discuss implementation of a recently unveiled Draft Action Plan on migration following Saturday's deadly blasts in the country's capital.

Turkey could receive the natural gas it needs from sources other than Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday amidst mounting tensions between Ankara and Moscow over recent violations of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes flying bombing missions in Syria, newswires reported.

Turkey intends to intensify cooperation with Bulgaria, Greece and Romania to smoothly readmit irregular migrants who don't need international protection and have been intercepted by the authorities of the three EU member states, according to a Turkey-EU draft action plan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Russia to end air strikes in Syria, accusing Moscow of targeting the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Islamic State and energy are set to dominate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the Turkish head of state's visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

This comes as Ankara and Moscow are at odds over Russia's involvement in the Syrian conflict and the buildup of forces it has been carrying out in the past weeks.

Bosnian academics bestowed the honorary Isa-bey Ishakovic award, named after the 15th-century founder of Sarajevo, on Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on Thursday to underline the importance of good relations between Bosnia and Croatia.