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Erdoğan says he will raise Myanmar violence at UN

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will raise the violence in Myanmar at the United Nations after recently accusing Myanmar of “genocide”...

CSU leader Seehofer calls on Germany to issue travel alert for Turkey

Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has called on the German government to...

German FM Gabriel says Turkey-EU membership negotiations ‘nonsense’

Calling negotiations between Turkey and the EU “nonsense to a large extent,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has blamed the estrangement between Turkey and...

Erdoğan spokesman: Anti-Erdoğan stance in Europe has become a means of comfort

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesman İbrahim Kalın on Monday criticized remarks made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz...

[BREAKING] Merkel says Turkey should not become an EU member

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that Turkey should not become a member of the European Union and that she would seek a...

Turkish FM on detention of 2 German citizens in Turkey: They’re our citizens, too

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday responded to the reaction of the German government to the detention of two German citizens of Turkish...

Pro-Erdoğan dailies accuse US, Germany of supporting terror groups against Turkey

Turkey's Sabah and Takvim dailies, once managed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, targeted the German and...

Germany declines Turkey’s request to freeze assets of Gülen followers

The German government has rejected an official request from Turkey to freeze the assets of followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in Germany, Der...

Erdoğan says indictment against guards scandalous, US protecting Gülen movement

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called a recent US indictment against his bodyguards for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., "scandalous," claiming...

After detention of 2 more Germans, Merkel signals ‘rethinking’ relations with Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that following the most recent detentions of German nationals in Turkey for political reasons, her country might...

German Greens co-chair: Erdoğan is a hostage-taker, not a president

Leading German politician Greens Co-chair Cem Özdemir said on Friday that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not a head of state, but rather...

Germany to veto customs union update with Turkey

Germany informed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday that it would veto an update of a customs union agreement with Turkey. According to the...

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