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 Five people were injured in clashes between the Kurdish and Turkish communities in the western German city of Herne, police said, as Kurds demonstrated against Ankara's offensive in northeastern Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191015/five-hurt-during-kurdish-and-turkish-clashes-in-german-protest Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:10:00 +0200 five-hurt-during-kurdish-and-turkish-clashes-in-german-protest A German-Kurdish singer was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison in Turkey for membership of a terrorist organisation, her lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181114/german-kurdish-singer-jailed-in-turkey-on-terror-charge Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:18:23 +0100 german-kurdish-singer-jailed-in-turkey-on-terror-charge A professional footballer who has been accused of political crimes by Turkish authorities has said that he feared for his life after two bullets hit his car on the motorway in western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180108/kurdish-footballer-shot-at-while-driving-down-autobahn-near-aachen Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:16:01 +0100 kurdish-footballer-shot-at-while-driving-down-autobahn-near-aachen Two major public broadcasters reported on Friday that a man believed to be a Turkish agent spied on two Kurdish functionaries and plotted to murder them. https://www.thelocal.de/20161125/report-turkish-spy-in-germany-plotted-murder-of-2-kurds Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:01:50 +0100 report-turkish-spy-in-germany-plotted-murder-of-2-kurds Turkey has around 6,000 informants working in Germany, which experts say means they're each monitoring more people than the Stasi did in West Germany during the Cold War. https://www.thelocal.de/20160824/turkish-spies-in-germany-have-greater-scope-than-the-stasi Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:40:38 +0200 turkish-spies-in-germany-have-greater-scope-than-the-stasi A group of 30 Kurdish people staged a nearly two-hour long occupation demonstration in a public broadcast station in Düsseldorf. https://www.thelocal.de/20160812/kurdish-protesters-occupy-public-broadcaster-studio Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:28:03 +0200 kurdish-protesters-occupy-public-broadcaster-studio Official figures show that more Turkish people are applying for asylum in Germany - most of whom are from the Kurdish minority. https://www.thelocal.de/20160805/more-turks-seeking-asylum-in-germany-report Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:42:13 +0200 more-turks-seeking-asylum-in-germany-report The German government has issued more severe warnings about travelling to Turkey after a string of terror attacks in the south of the country, and as Ankara intensifies conflict against two militias in Syria and Iraq. https://www.thelocal.de/20150729/germany-issues-tighter-travel-warnings-for-turkey Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:56:51 +0200 germany-issues-tighter-travel-warnings-for-turkey Police in northern Germany think they have found the body of an 18-year-old Kurdish woman who had gone missing in November. The police suspect that the woman’s family abducted her because they disapproved of her relationship. https://www.thelocal.de/20120115/40129 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0100 40129 Iran on Saturday called on Berlin to put on trial the leader of a Kurdish rebel movement, Rahman Haji Ahmadi, who reportedly lives in Germany, the official IRNA news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20110724/36493 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:55:00 +0200 36493