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Belgium refuses to give visas to Turkish imams

Long-term visa applications for four Turkish imams have been rejected by Belgian authorities, Deutsche Welle reported on Wednesday. According to the report the decision, taken...

Turkish deputy PM: No problems with Dutch businesses or people

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Wednesday that Turkey has no problem with Dutch businesses or the Dutch people, in response to a...

Juncker says Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks drive Turkey further away from EU

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his comparison of Germany and the Netherlands to the Nazis, saying that...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan calls Dutch police officers who escorted minister to border ‘gorillas’

Continuing his reactions to the Netherlands’ expulsion from the country of Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya on Saturday...

Yıldırım: Dutch PM apologized for detention of diplomats

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in a live TV interview on Tuesday night said his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, had apologized for the detention...

Deputy PM: Ambassador won’t be recalled but economic sanctions might be considered

Amid growing frustration over the cancellation of Turkish political rallies in the Netherlands, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Tuesday that the Turkish...

Turkish FM: We’ll take steps in refugee deal if visa liberalization not realized

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday that the government could take steps against a readmission agreement, or refugee deal, between...

Rotterdam mayor says police had permission to shoot in crisis with Turkish minister

Ahmed Aboutaleb, the mayor of Rotterdam, told Dutch media on Tuesday that the special police deployed during a Turkish minister’s attempt to reach her...

EU might suspend one-third of pre-accession funds to Turkey

One-third of pre-accession funding to Turkey could be suspended, an EU official told Turkish Minute on Tuesday, after European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations...

Dutch PM says Erdoğan’s Srebrenica charge ‘disgusting distortion of history’

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who held Dutch UN peacekeepers responsible for the massacre by...

Top EU court says employers can prohibit workers from wearing headscarves

The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday on the cases of two female employees in Belgium and in France who were dismissed for...

Dutch PM: Turkish sanctions on Netherlands ‘not too bad’ but ‘bizarre’

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that sanctions imposed on the Netherlands by Turkey following a diplomatic crisis with the country were "not...

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