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 Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baclavas from his Turkish neighbours in Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara's offensive in his hometown. https://www.thelocal.de/20191019/we-are-sitting-on-a-powderkeg-germanys-turks-and-kurds-in-uneasy-stand-off Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:32:03 +0200 we-are-sitting-on-a-powderkeg-germanys-turks-and-kurds-in-uneasy-stand-off Islamic groups in Germany Thursday criticised a lack of solidarity and support over a spate of attacks on Muslims and mosques carried out by right-wing extremists and "terrorist" groups. https://www.thelocal.de/20180315/muslim-groups-bemoan-lack-of-public-outcry-over-string-of-mosque-attacks Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:50:50 +0100 muslim-groups-bemoan-lack-of-public-outcry-over-string-of-mosque-attacks Arsonists on Monday struck a Turkish community centre in western Germany, the latest in a string of attacks which Turkey has sometimes blamed on Kurdish militants amid its military offensive in northern Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/arsonists-attack-turkish-mosques-community-centres-across-germany Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:17:20 +0100 arsonists-attack-turkish-mosques-community-centres-across-germany German police shut down a tense demonstration in Cologne on Saturday, after around 15,000 Kurds took to the streets to protest Turkey's offensive in northern Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20180127/kurds-in-germany-protest-turkish-syria-offensive Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:45:36 +0100 kurds-in-germany-protest-turkish-syria-offensive Leading Turkish and Kurdish groups in Germany on Wednesday accused each other of "importing" a foreign conflict in the wake of Ankara's cross-border offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia. https://www.thelocal.de/20180124/germanys-turks-kurds-slam-importing-foreign-conflict Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:10:33 +0100 germanys-turks-kurds-slam-importing-foreign-conflict About 25,000 Kurds and Alevis rallied in the German city of Cologne on Saturday against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians earlier this month, the DPA news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20161113/huge-kurdish-protest-against-erdogan-in-germany Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:57:05 +0100 huge-kurdish-protest-against-erdogan-in-germany Several thousand Kurds marched in the western Germany city of Cologne on Saturday in support of pro-Kurdish politicians jailed in Turkey the previous day. https://www.thelocal.de/20161105/kurds-march-against-erdogan-in-germany-and-france Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:21:01 +0100 kurds-march-against-erdogan-in-germany-and-france 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 A group of German politicians and public figures have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of committing war crimes against his country's Kurdish minority. https://www.thelocal.de/20160627/german-mps-file-war-crimes-suit-against-erdogan Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:36:11 +0200 german-mps-file-war-crimes-suit-against-erdogan Machine guns and pistols delivered by the German Defence Ministry to Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq are being sold on the black market, research by public broadcaster NDR shows. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/kurds-selling-german-delivered-guns-on-black-market Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:21:22 +0100 kurds-selling-german-delivered-guns-on-black-market Around 15,000 people marched in Dusseldorf on Saturday to protest against Turkey's military crackdown against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels, local police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20151227/german-kurds-protest-turkeys-pkk-crackdown Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:51:25 +0100 german-kurds-protest-turkeys-pkk-crackdown The commander of Germany's mission to train Kurdish troops in northern Iraq died suddenly on Wednesday, the Bundeswehr (German army) said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/commander-of-german-iraq-mission-dies-suddenly Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:51:44 +0200 commander-of-german-iraq-mission-dies-suddenly Update: American media has reported that the attack may have used mustard gas from stockpiles of banned poisons that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was forced to get rid of in 2013. https://www.thelocal.de/20150813/german-army-reports-chemical-attack-in-iraq Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:15:45 +0200 german-army-reports-chemical-attack-in-iraq 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 A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Cemil Bayek, has apologised to Germany for violent actions which the banned organisation carried out in the 1990s, it was reported on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20150410/pkk-apologises-to-germany Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:24:59 +0200 pkk-apologises-to-germany Kurdish government forces in Iraq are reported to have arrested Yazidi militia leader and German citizen Hayder Shesho in a sign of growing tension within the anti-Isis alliance. https://www.thelocal.de/20150407/german-yazidi-leader-captured-by-kurds Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:58:49 +0200 german-yazidi-leader-captured-by-kurds Germany finds itself in a complicated relationship with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). At home, police must investigate anyone who flies the flag, but in the Middle East they are the best hope of beating back the Islamic State. https://www.thelocal.de/20141031/pkk-banned-in-germany-allies-in-iraq Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:00:00 +0100 pkk-banned-in-germany-allies-in-iraq Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pressed UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to bring possible poison gas use by Isis in Iraq before the Security Council. https://www.thelocal.de/20141024/steinmeier-challenges-un-over-isis-gas-reports Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:05:00 +0200 steinmeier-challenges-un-over-isis-gas-reports