Webinar: “The East-Med and Turkey during Portugal’s EU presidency” (30.6.2021)

Together with professor Isabel David (Universidade de Lisboa) we organized and moderated a webinar at the end of Portugal’s EU Presidency with a special focus on what these six months meant for Turkey and the East-Med. What were the major challenges and developments during these six months? Besides this evaluation of the presidency and its effect on EU-Turkey relations, this webinar will also analyze the state of Portuguese-Turkish bilateral relations. Read More …

A new EU framework for Turkey? (7.4.2021)

DuvarEnglish article on Turkey-EU relations after the EUCO summit, Turkey is still a candidate, but is not treated as such and all sides seem to be OK with it. For the record, Turkey is still an EU candidate. However, a parallel framework has emerged after the EU summit of March 25, which treats Turkey as a third party rather than a candidate for membership. If Turkey deescalates in the East-Med, Read More …