Dutch PM says Turkish sanctions against 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...
CoE’s Venice Commission: Turkey’s constitutional amendments dangerous step backwards
Pointing at “the substance of the proposed constitutional amendments represents a dangerous step backwards in the constitutional democratic tradition of Turkey,” the Council of...
EU voices serious concerns over the constitutional amendments in Turkey
The European Union (EU) High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn have expressed serious concerns on the constitutional amendments in Turkey by saying that...
Turkey plays migrant card again amid strained tensions with European countries
Turkish European Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said on Monday that Turkey should reconsider part of its deal to keep migrants out of the European...
Germany, France say Erdoğan’s Nazism slur against Netherlands ‘unacceptable’
The German and French governments have rejected as completely unacceptable remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referring the Netherlands as “Nazi remnants,” part...
Erdoğan fans burn French flag, attack Norwegian journalist mistaking for ‘Dutch’
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A group of protesters in the Black Sea province of Samsun have burned a French flag as they mistook it for the Dutch flag...
EU and NATO call on Turkey to be calm in row with the Netherlands
The European Union (EU) and NATO have called on Turkey and the Netherlands to be calm in the wake of the eruption of a...
AKP turns seized university into İzmir headquarters
Şifa University, which was seized by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government due to links to the Gülen movement, has been transformed into...
Boğaziçi University academics protest dismissal of colleagues
A group of academics from the prestigious Boğaziçi University held a demonstration on Monday in protest of the dismissal of two of their colleagues...
Erdoğanist columnist calls on gov’t to ‘set West on fire’ before it occupies Turkey
Yakup Köse, a staunch supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a columnist for the pro-government Star daily, on Monday called on...
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