Germany’s Left Party calls for simplified visa procedures for gov’t opponents from Turkey
Co-chairperson of Germany’s Left Party Martin Schirdewan has called on the government to make visa application procedures easier for government opponents in Turkey since...
Germany investigates police officer accused of spying for Turkey’s Erdoğan regime
A Berlin policeman has been investigated for providing intelligence to Turkish authorities about Turkish nationals living in Germany, according to a report by the...
Germany urges Ukraine to reject Turkey extradition request
Germany said on Wednesday that it hoped Ukraine would quickly reject an the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) request from Turkish regime under the...
Former Turkish deputy PM: The death of America is nearing
Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu said the United States would soon be finished and that Turkey does not fear the power of...
Erdoğan says Turkey will continue to develop ties with Qatar
Amid the escalating crisis between Qatar and a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish intelligence conducted covert surveillance against dissidents in Strasbourg, documents reveal
Classified documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that Turkish intelligence conducted a covert surveillance and monitoring operation against dissidents in Strasbourg, France, a city...
2 former MİT officials trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained at Greek border
Turkish security forces on Monday detained two former officials from Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) who were dismissed from their jobs by government decree under...
Greek soldiers hold kids at gunpoint, throw them into river in family’s attempt to...
Greek soldiers on Friday pushed back 15 Turks, among them five children, who were fleeing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s relentless crackdown on dissent by...
Turks threaten German politician after he tweeted support for Kurdish YPG
Bodo Ramelow, the prime minister of Germany's federal state of Thuringia, which has a population of almost 2.5 million, said he has been receiving death...
German Ministry confirms connection between violent gang and Turkish gov’t
Germany's North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Interior has confirmed that they have been assessing the relations between a violent Turkish gang group, which is in...
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