Erdogan says Ankara has been following the developments on the field regarding the Iraqi operation in Sinjar
"If Turkey can not relaunch the reform process and is not anymore in a position to meet European Union accession criteria, relations will evolve into a kind of partnership and will be shaped more and more around common interests and strategic priorities", commented political analyst Seda Gurkan.
Hopes are not high that the Varna EU-Turkey leaders' meeting will see any significant agreements, though the optimistic view is that it will - perhaps at most - send a signal of continuing dialogue in spite of the deterioration of relations between Ankara and the bloc.
Host Bulgaria, which also shares a border with Turkey holds the EU's rotating presidency, is eager to keep ties as positive as possible.
Juncker said he was "looking with mixed feelings towards the summit because the differences in views between the European Union and Turkey are many".
Meanwhile Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of Austria, the country the most opposed to Turkey's European Union membership aspirations, called in an interview in Die Welt newspaper for the European Union to condemn Ankara for escalating the seven-year-long war in Syria.
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The Assembly Speaker had on November 12 past year cancelled their nominations, declaring them invalid. Meanwhile, the state assembly is to begin its interim budget session on March 26 at 9.30 am with Lt.
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The Investigative Committee , which handles major crimes in Russian Federation , said 10 people were being treated in hospital. She said investigators, who have opened a criminal investigation into the blaze, were looking into other possible violations.
Speaking at his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's 6th ordinary provincial congress in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, Erdogan said: "God willing, we will achieve this operation's goal by taking control of Tal Rifaat within a short period".
Turkey objects to "unilateral" gas searches by ethnically divided Cyprus' Greek Cypriot-run government without the direct involvement of breakaway Turkish Cypriots. "The Varna summit will provide a platform to re-launch the dialogue between the two parties, even though no real breakthrough is expected in concrete terms", said Jana Jabbour, professor of political science at Sciences Po university in Paris and the author of a book on Turkish foreign policy. "Turkey considers it (visa liberalisation) a priority", Jabbour told AFP.
Brussels has repeatedly criticised the post coup crackdown which has seen almost 160,000 people arrested, including dozens of journalists.
Turkey, for its part, has accused Brussels of failing to show solidarity after the coup and appears set on forging a strong partnership with President Vladimir Putin's Russian Federation.
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