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Amnesty chief to ask Mogherini to raise arrest of activists with Turkish minister

Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty is to meet with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Tuesday...

Berlin says Turkey dropped terror link charge against German firms

Germany said Turkey had informed it on Monday that it had dropped accusations of "terrorism" funding against nearly 700 German companies amid an escalating...

Schaeuble accuses Erdoğan of gambling with centuries-old ties to Germany

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is putting at risk his country's centuries-old ties with Germany. Bilateral relations deteriorated...

Pro-gov’t daily claims German BND behind Amnesty meeting on Büyükada

Twelve days after the pro-government daily Star accused human rights defenders detained in Turkey of being linked to the US CIA intelligence agency and...

Erdoğan lambastes Western countries as he starts Gulf tour

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday harshly criticized Western countries, including the US and Germany, for supporting terrorist groups, before he began a...

President Steinmeier supports Berlin’s tough talk on Erdoğan

As a war of words between Berlin and Ankara continues over the arrest of German human rights consultant and activist Peter Steudtner in İstanbul,...

Erdoğan accuses German officials of using Turkey for elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday accused Germany of using tension with Turkey for their upcoming elections, in reaction to recent remarks from...

Turkey urges international community action to end restrictions at Al-Aqsa

Turkish authorities on Saturday urged the international community to act to end practices by the Israeli government restricting Palestinians’ ability to worship at Al-Aqsa...

FM Gabriel assures Turks in Germany: You belong here

As tension between Berlin and Ankara continues over the arrest of German human rights consultant and activist Peter Steudtner, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel...

US Turkey envoy Bass nominated as ambassador to Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump has nominated John Bass, the US ambassador to Turkey, as the new ambassador to war-torn Afghanistan. In a statement on the...

Erdoğan to Berlin: You can’t scare Turkey

As tension between Berlin and Ankara continues over the arrest of German human rights consultant and activist Peter Steudtner, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

German minister: Turkey is acting like former Communist East Germany

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Friday compared Turkey with the former East Germany in the wake of the growing number of arbitrary arrests...

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