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 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu on Saturday dismissed Berlin's angry reaction to the arrest of German citizens in Turkey, local media reported, a row which is worsening the nations' already fraying ties. https://www.thelocal.de/20170903/turkish-foreign-minister-defiant-over-arrested-germans Sun, 03 Sep 2017 11:01:21 +0200 turkish-foreign-minister-defiant-over-arrested-germans Two more German citizens have been arrested in Turkey "for political reasons", Berlin said on Friday, bringing the total number of German political prisoners in Turkish custody to 12 amid badly frayed ties between the countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20170901/two-more-germans-arrested-in-turkey-for-political-reasons-berlin Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:41:40 +0200 two-more-germans-arrested-in-turkey-for-political-reasons-berlin Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met with German business executives on Thursday to reassure them following a bitter row between Ankara and Berlin that threatened to drag them into a terror funding crackdown. https://www.thelocal.de/20170727/turkey-reassures-german-companies-after-placing-them-on-terror-list Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:52:20 +0200 turkey-reassures-german-companies-after-placing-them-on-terror-list Since last July, some 22 German nationals have been arrested in Turkey. Nine still sit in prison. But Berlin is struggling to come up with an effective strategy against an ever more hostile Ankara. https://www.thelocal.de/20170720/how-germany-is-racking-its-brain-to-find-a-way-to-deal-with-turkey Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:13:11 +0200 how-germany-is-racking-its-brain-to-find-a-way-to-deal-with-turkey Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Tuesday condemned the detention of a human rights activist, who has become yet another German swept up in Turkey's mass arrests amid President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ongoing crackdown on perceived opponents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170718/outcry-after-turkish-court-orders-german-human-rights-activist-to-be-kept-in-custody Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:43:05 +0200 outcry-after-turkish-court-orders-german-human-rights-activist-to-be-kept-in-custody Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Germany on Wednesday, warning that it was "committing political suicide" on the eve of his expected meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/erdogan-accuses-germany-of-political-suicide-over-rally-ban-turkey-g20 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:12:07 +0200 erdogan-accuses-germany-of-political-suicide-over-rally-ban-turkey-g20 Turkey protested officially to Germany on Tuesday that an artist had been allowed to set up an installation in central Berlin, apparently offering a car as a prize in exchange for killing world leaders including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/turkey-protests-to-germany-over-kill-dictatorship-installation-erdogan Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:59:03 +0200 turkey-protests-to-germany-over-kill-dictatorship-installation-erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his disapproval to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over her country's reportedly giving asylum to people accused of links to last year's failed coup, he said in an interview published on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170527/erdogan-told-merkel-of-anger-over-asylum-for-putschists Sat, 27 May 2017 14:26:18 +0200 erdogan-told-merkel-of-anger-over-asylum-for-putschists The European Court of Human Rights is set to take on the case of a German journalist detained by Turkey for months, the reporter's newspaper wrote on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170526/eu-human-rights-court-takes-on-case-of-german-reporter-detained-in-turkey-report Fri, 26 May 2017 17:52:13 +0200 eu-human-rights-court-takes-on-case-of-german-reporter-detained-in-turkey-report 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 Update: Germany on Friday demanded access to a female German journalist it said had been held in police custody in Turkey since last month without consular representation. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/german-translator-and-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-report Fri, 12 May 2017 13:21:52 +0200 german-translator-and-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-report Tensions have been running high between Ankara and Berlin recently, culminating in the Turkish premier accusing the Bundesrepublik of using "Nazi measures". But now Ankara is calling on Germany for economic help. https://www.thelocal.de/20170425/after-nazi-remarks-turkey-says-we-need-germany Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:39:02 +0200 after-nazi-remarks-turkey-says-we-need-germany Germany on Monday warned Turkey against further distancing itself from Europe by reinstating the death penalty after a disputed referendum and urged authorities to seek "respectful dialogue" to heal a divided society. https://www.thelocal.de/20170418/germany-warns-turkey-not-to-end-the-european-dream Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:49:03 +0200 germany-warns-turkey-not-to-end-the-european-dream Germany has opened a probe into the actions of a senior member of a Turkish governmental religious organisation suspected of asking its members to spy on followers of exiled preacher Fethullah Gulen, German media reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170401/germany-opens-spying-probe-into-turkish-religious-agency Sat, 01 Apr 2017 12:27:44 +0200 germany-opens-spying-probe-into-turkish-religious-agency Turkish voters in Germany, as deeply split as those in their ancestral homeland, started casting early ballots on Monday in a referendum that could vastly boost President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170328/turks-in-germany-start-voting-in-erdogan-referendum Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:01:00 +0200 turks-in-germany-start-voting-in-erdogan-referendum Turkey on Tuesday scrapped all future campaign appearances by its politicians in Germany ahead of April's referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, amid a heated diplomatic row. https://www.thelocal.de/20170322/turkey-scraps-rallies-in-germany-before-vote-as-row-rages Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:22:26 +0100 turkey-scraps-rallies-in-germany-before-vote-as-row-rages Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday warned that Germany could ban future campaign events by Turkish politicians on its soil unless Ankara stopped "Nazi" jibes aimed at Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20170320/germany-says-erdogan-has-gone-too-far-with-nazi-jibe Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:10:09 +0100 germany-says-erdogan-has-gone-too-far-with-nazi-jibe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday launched a scathing personal attack against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of using "Nazi measures" in an intensifying dispute between Ankara and Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20170319/nazi-measures-erdogan-launches-scathing-attack-against-merkel Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:16:35 +0100 nazi-measures-erdogan-launches-scathing-attack-against-merkel