https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base, after last-ditch talks with Ankara failed to resolve an escalating row. https://www.thelocal.de/20170607/german-cabinet-approves-withdrawal-from-turkey-anti-isis-base-media Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:18:38 +0200 german-cabinet-approves-withdrawal-from-turkey-anti-isis-base-media Germany has no choice but to pull its troops out of the key Turkish airbase of Incirlik, after failing to reach agreement with Ankara on visits by politicians, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170606/germany-will-have-to-pull-its-troops-from-key-base-in-turkey-gabriel Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:46:25 +0200 germany-will-have-to-pull-its-troops-from-key-base-in-turkey-gabriel Turkey will maintain a ban on visits by German politicians to a key airbase in its south which is used for raids against the Islamic State group in Syria, the foreign minister said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170605/turkey-maintains-ban-on-german-visits-to-incirlik-airbase-minister Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:27:11 +0200 turkey-maintains-ban-on-german-visits-to-incirlik-airbase-minister Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will fly to Turkey for talks next week over the thorny issue of access to the Incirlik military air base near Syria, his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/german-turkish-foreign-ministers-to-meet-over-airbase-row Wed, 31 May 2017 13:39:49 +0200 german-turkish-foreign-ministers-to-meet-over-airbase-row Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would "not beg" them to stay. https://www.thelocal.de/20170518/turkey-says-will-not-beg-germany-to-stay-at-nato-base Thu, 18 May 2017 14:32:48 +0200 turkey-says-will-not-beg-germany-to-stay-at-nato-base Turkey's prime minister said on Tuesday that Germany must decide between its friendship with Ankara and alleged coup plotters, after Berlin granted political asylum to military officials with suspected links to last year's failed putsch. https://www.thelocal.de/20170516/turkey-says-germany-must-choose-between-ankara-and-alleged-coup-plotters Tue, 16 May 2017 14:27:55 +0200 turkey-says-germany-must-choose-between-ankara-and-alleged-coup-plotters Ankara is once again blocking German politicians from visiting German troops at a base in Turkey, reportedly after the Bundesrepublik granted asylum to Turkish military members. https://www.thelocal.de/20170515/turkey-again-blocks-german-politicians-from-visiting-troops Mon, 15 May 2017 14:04:03 +0200 turkey-again-blocks-german-politicians-from-visiting-troops Six German lawmakers will visit a key airbase in Turkey on Wednesday, a Turkish official told AFP, as the NATO allies seek to move on from a bitter diplomatic row. https://www.thelocal.de/20161004/german-mps-to-visit-base-after-turkey-lifts-ban Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:05:24 +0200 german-mps-to-visit-base-after-turkey-lifts-ban Tensions have been high between Germany and Turkey after Ankara has repeatedly blocked German politicians from visiting soldiers at a Turkish airbase. But Berlin still plans to invest some €58 million in that base, according to Spiegel. https://www.thelocal.de/20160906/germany-to-invest-58-million-in-turkish-airbase-amid-row-report-turkey-armenian-genocide Tue, 06 Sep 2016 12:41:13 +0200 germany-to-invest-58-million-in-turkish-airbase-amid-row-report-turkey-armenian-genocide Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that she hoped Ankara would soon lift a ban on German lawmakers visiting a Turkish airbase that was imposed amid a row over the Armenian genocide. https://www.thelocal.de/20160904/merkel-hopes-for-end-to-turkish-airbase-ban Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:31:52 +0200 merkel-hopes-for-end-to-turkish-airbase-ban