6.6 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

Diplomacy

CoE says commission hearing victims’ complaints should adhere to ECHtR case law

Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland has called on Turkish authorities to ensure that a commission that will be set up to hear...

Venice Commission watchdog says Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’

A body of constitutional law experts has warned of a "one-person regime" in Turkey in the wake of proposed constitutional amendments that will establish...

CENTCOM shares photos of Kurdish female militia training for Raqqa campaign against ISIL

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has shared photos of female Kurdish militia members, part of People's Protection Units (YPG) forces in Syria fighting the...

EC says arrest of journalists in Turkey has grave impact on freedom of expression

As criticism mounts in Germany over the Monday arrest of Die Welt’s Turkey correspondent Deniz Yücel on charges of disseminating the propaganda of a...

Turkey calls Austrian FM racist, Islamophobic over Erdoğan rally debate

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said on Monday that Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz was racist and Islamophobic due to recent remarks against a...

Merkel reacts to Die Welt reporter’s arrest: Disproportionate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reacted to a Turkish court decision to arrest German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel for "disseminating the...

[UPDATE] Die Welt reporter Yücel arrested by court

German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey on Feb. 14 as part of an investigation for publishing stories...

Erdoğan meets with Barzani as Kurdish flag hoisted for first time in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met on Sunday with Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government (IKRG) President Massoud Barzani in İstanbul as the Kurdish flag was flown...

Turkish FM calls Greek minister ‘spoiled child’ over Kardak dispute

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday called Greek Minister of Defense Panos Kammenos a spoiled child in an ongoing debate between the two...

Germany says no knowledge of Erdoğan rally on their soil

The spokesperson for the German ministry of foreign affairs said on Friday that they have not received any information regarding a rally by President...

Turkish FM says operation in Raqqa is being planned

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that an operation against the so-called capital of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

EU to compare Turkey’s new governance structure with Copenhagen criteria

The European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey, Kati Piri (S&D, NL), said if yes-voters prevail in an April 16 referendum in Turkey, the EU will...

Latest news