Türkiye severing ties with EU in neither side's interest: analyst

STORY: Türkiye severing ties with EU in neither side's interest: analyst DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish flags 2. various of the speech of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Turkish parliament (file) 3. various of some footages about the EU 4. various of a meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Latvia (file) 5. various of a meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the President of the European Council Charles Michel in India (file) 6. various of a meeting between Türkiye and EU about visa free regime in Türkiye (file) 7. various of some footages about the EU 8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUSTAFA NAIL ALKAN, Scholar at Ankara's Haci Bayram Veli University STORYLINE: An end to Ankara's EU membership talks is not in the best interest of either side, Mustafa Nail Alkan, a scholar at Ankara's Haci Bayram Veli University, told Xinhua. SO

Türkiye's crisis-solving diplomacy in 2022

STORY: Türkiye's crisis-solving diplomacy in 2022 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:29 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan (file) 2 various of meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine (file) 3 various of the Istanbul talks (file) 4 various of a grain ship coming from Ukraine in the Black Sea 5 various of meetings of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with leaders from other countries (file) 6 SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MUSTAFA NAIL ALKAN, Professor, Head of International Relations Department at Ankara's Haci Bayram Veli University STORYLINE: Türkiye's foreign policy activism in 2022 was marked by its mediation role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the normalization drive with regional rivals. Since the beginning of the conflict, Ankara has offered to mediate between the two sides and host peace talks, as a nation hav