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...
Polling place at Diyanet mosque in Amsterdam accused of pressuring voters
The Amsterdam municipality visited a polling station at a Turkish mosque in the Dutch capital after the mosque was accused of pressuring voters with...
Rutte’s spokesperson refutes PM Yıldırım, says ‘no apologies were made’
A spokesperson for the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte has refuted the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım who said in a live TV interview on...
High-profile Twitter accounts hacked by Erdoğanist hackers
Thousands of Twitter accounts, including high profile ones belonging to users such as Forbes, Amnesty International, the BBC’s North American service, and tennis star...
Juncker says Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks drive Turkey further away from EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his comparison of Germany and the Netherlands to the Nazis,...
Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says 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...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s attacks and humiliation targeting EU persist
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) is falling apart. He said the EU was founded in an...
German state Saarland seeks to ban Turkish political rallies
The governor of German state Saarland says that she wants to prevent Turkish government officials from holding political rallies there before Turkey’s constitutional referendum.
Governor...
Turkish hackers organize cyberattacks on Dutch websites
Turkish hacker groups targeted a large number of Dutch websites after the political fallout between the Netherlands and Turkey over the weekend, reported by...
Rutte reacts harshly, says Erdoğan’s tone becoming more and more hysterical
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reacted harshly to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fresh wave of verbal attacks at the Netherlands on...
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