Article by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu titled “EU-Turkey relations are strained but we have common ground to build on” published in Politico, 13 July 2020
(World News Egypt)

As a candidate for EU membership, Turkey shares many of the bloc`s strategic interests and goals. Our borders are Europe`s and NATO`s external borders and we, too, want to build state and societal resilience. Turkey carries much of the burden in separating the Western stretches of the Eurasian landmass from the volatile ecosystem that surrounds Europe. Our diplomatic and security presence has defended Europe for generations. In the future too, Europe will be safe and prosperous with Turkey`s contributions. But this is not our task alone. We all have a historical and moral responsibility to help stabilize our common neighborhood and set it on course toward sustainable peace, stability and...