ANKARA – Relations between Turkey and the European Union, which have navigated a turbulent course for over two decades, appear to be hitting a significant new “strategic bottleneck” in 2026. The latest friction arises from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s vision of “completing the European continent” and the EU’s intensified efforts to operationalize … Continue reading A New Fault Line in EU-Turkey Relations: Defense Pacts with Greek Cyprus