Latest in Tag: Turkey Highlight
Latest in Tag: Turkey
Kurdish fighters in Syria ‘agree to ceasefire’ with Turkey
Turkey has yet to confirm the truce after launching an offensive against the “Islamic State” and Kurdish forces in northern Syria. But Kurdish-backed militas said they would continue to negotiate with Turkish forces.
Report: Berlin looks into pulling jets out of Turkey
Germany must find alternatives to the Incirlik Air Base and pull its soldiers and weapons from Turkey, German MP Rainer Arnold told the Spiegel magazine. Ankara has been blocking official visits from Berlin to the base.
Turkey rolls on with Syria operation as US confirms retreat of Syrian Kurds
At least 10 more Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria, a day after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters ousted jihadis from Jarablus.
Turkey evacuates border town ahead of potential military incursion into Syria
Turkey has pledged to push jihadi fighters belonging to the so-called “Islamic State” out of the Syrian town of Jarablus near the Turkish border.
US and Turkey to navigate differences in Ankara
Turkey and the United States have a history of overcoming differences.
Smuggling migrants through Bulgaria
For thousands of migrants who crossed the border between Turkey and Bulgaria the only alternative is to leave the latter with the help of smugglers.
Gulen’s future in US Justice Department’s hands
Former US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffries spoke to DW ahead of Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to the country.
Turkey vows to ‘cleanse’ Islamic State from borders after wedding suicide attack
Following the bombing of a Kurdish wedding, Turkey’s foreign ministry has said it’s willing to “do what it takes” to rid its borders of the “Islamic State” (IS).
Several killed in blast at wedding in Turkey’s Gaziantep
Fifty people were reportedly killed and almost 100 wounded in an explosion in the southeastern city of Gaziantep. Turkish President Erdogan said the attack was likely carried out by the militant “Islamic State” group.
Shoukry slams Turkish foreign minister’s comments on Egyptian judiciary’s death sentences
The Turkish foreign minister called for fostering ties between Egypt and Turkey, but with conditions
EU scholarships axed in blow to Turkey’s ties to EU
Turkish authorities have cancelled an EU scholarship program. The move takes the country a step further away from EU integration and disappoints young people who could act as a bridge. Menekse Tokyay reports from Ankara.
Turkish former football star Hakan Sukur wanted in connection with coup
Along with countless public officials, Turkey has now issued an arrest warrant for retired striker Hakan Sukur. He is accused of supporting US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of orchestrating the revolt.
Turkey tells Europe to return missing attaches
Turkey is demanding that two of its military attaches who fled Greece after Turkey’s abortive coup be returned from Europe. It says three other attaches have been sent back from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Erdoğan v Gulen: power struggle comes full circle in Turkish soccer
Politics’ incestuous relationship with soccer came full circle this week with the mass resignation of executives from the Turkish football federation and the firing of scores of officials, including referees, as part of the government’s witch-hunt against followers of controversial Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen and other government critics. Intended to facilitate the weeding out of …
Ankara-Moscow pivot: a new era begins
Presidents Erdogan and Putin will be drafting a new joint road map in St. Petersburg. In return for Erdogan’s call for more trade, Putin may ask Ankara to jump start ties with Syria, Aram Duran reports from Istanbul.
Opinion: Erdogan, Putin and the touchy Turkish Stream
The presidents of Russia and Turkey are expected to repair relations and revive a gas pipeline project at a meeting in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. There is, however, one key issue on the table, DW’s Andrey Gurkov writes.
Fear spreads throughout Turkish press after post-coup crackdown
Dozens of journalists have been arrested in the wake of Turkey’s recent coup attempt. The government crackdown has sparked concern for journalists who work in an increasingly difficult environment.
In Turkey real and imagined threats go back to the joint past of the AKP and the Gülen movement
Behind Turkey’s failed July coup lies a power struggle between Erdogan and the shadowy network of his former ally. The intra-Islamic and nationalist power struggle is shaping the future of the country.
Turkey’s anti-Gulen campaign: strengthening militants and jihadists
A Turkish demand that Pakistan close 28 primary and secondary schools associated with controversial, self-exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen has put the government in Islamabad in a quandary as it attempts to get a grip on an education sector in which militant Islamists and jihadists figure prominently. Turkish ambassador to Pakistan S. Babur Girgin’s demand …
The Turkish coup and the mania of cockfighting fans in Egypt
The failed coup in Turkey has revealed an imbalance in the way of thinking between Islamist elites, the political Islamic current, and the military state in Egypt. If you take one look at the logic by which these “teams” analyse and react to recent events through traditional media platforms and social media networks, you will …
Turkey captures key Gulen aide after coup attempt
Turkish authorities have detained the “right-hand man” of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, along with Gulen’s nephew. Turkey has blamed the cleric for last week’s failed coup attempt, charges he has denied.
Nightly demonstrations follow failed coup in Turkey
Since the failed coup, protesters have filled squares throughout Turkey on a nightly basis. On July 15, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on supporters to take to the streets to defend his regime from the military.
In Cartoon: Turkey coup consequences
In Cartoon: Erdogan and the Turkish army
In Cartoon: Erdogan is so lucky
Airlines’ profit forecasts nosedive
Unease over the Nice attack and an attempted coup in Turkey has weighed heavily on the profit forecasts of European airlines, which were already reeling from the turbulence that followed the Brexit vote.
Erdoğan unable to make good judgment on Egypt revolution: Foreign Ministry
Egypt spread messages of rejoicing Turkish coup, raised criticism to president in response to Erdoğan’s campaign against Al-Sisi
Erdogan and social media: use and abuse
After using social media to publicly quash the coup, Turkey’s government is cracking down on news sites and purging state institutions again. Here is how censorship works in the country – and how Turks react to it.
Secular Turks feel isolated in post-coup Turkey
Silenced by a crackdown following the coup attempt, secular Turks feel increasingly disenfranchised and isolated. Diego Cupolo reports from Ankara.
Fears grow in Turkey after failed military coup
In light of Friday’s unsuccessful military coup attempt, many Turks fear continued intervention in the press and the judiciary. Discussions on the re-introduction of the death penalty are also troubling.