President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday insisted that Turkey still aimed to become a full member of the EU, hours ahead of a crunch summit with the bloc’s chiefs aimed at restoring damaged ties. “EU membership continues to be our strategic target,” Erdogan said at Istanbul airport before heading to ...
Turkish forces will withdraw from the Syrian border region of Afrin, leaving it to its “real owners”, once it has been cleared of “terrorists”, Turkey said on Monday. “We are not permanent there (in Afrin) and we are certainly not invaders. Our goal is to hand the region back to ...
