https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday denounced a planned French law designed to counter "Islamist separatism" as a "guillotine" of democracy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210513/erdogan-calls-french-separatism-bill-guillotine-of-democracy Thu, 13 May 2021 17:01:56 +0200 erdogan-calls-french-separatism-bill-guillotine-of-democracy Turkey on Saturday accused France of "jeopardising" NATO's security by supporting Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have been conducting an offensive to take the capital Tripoli since last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200620/turkey-accuses-france-of-backing-illegitimate-warlord-in-libya Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:48:20 +0200 turkey-accuses-france-of-backing-illegitimate-warlord-in-libya Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his war of words Saturday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for creating a day of remembrance for the 1915 Armenian "genocide". https://www.thelocal.fr/20190427/macron-should-be-honest-about-armenian-genocide-turkish-president Sat, 27 Apr 2019 18:36:47 +0200 macron-should-be-honest-about-armenian-genocide-turkish-president French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Istanbul on Saturday afternoon for a summit aimed at finding a political solution to Syria's devastating civil war, provide access to humanitarian aid and salvage a fragile ceasefire in the country's last major rebel-held bastion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181027/turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders-2 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:40:04 +0200 turkey-to-host-syria-summit-with-russian-french-german-leaders-2 A French delegation of Communist party members, including a senator, was arrested in Turkey on Sunday while trying to observe parliamentary and presidential polls there, the party announced. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180624/french-delegation-detained-in-turkey-during-election Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:12:35 +0200 french-delegation-detained-in-turkey-during-election Turkey on Saturday warned France against increasing its military presence in Syria, saying it would be an "invasion", as tensions between Paris and Ankara remained high. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180401/turkey-says-france-sending-troops-to-syria-would-be-invasion Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:47:19 +0200 turkey-says-france-sending-troops-to-syria-would-be-invasion Thousands of Kurds marched through the French city of Strasbourg on Saturday to call for the release of jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan and protest against Turkey's military offensive in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180218/thousands-of-kurds-stage-protest-march-in-france Sun, 18 Feb 2018 03:28:55 +0100 thousands-of-kurds-stage-protest-march-in-france French Defence Minister Florence Parly on Sunday pressed Turkey to stop its offensive against Kurdish militia fighting in Syria, saying the fighters were a key ally against terrorism in the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180121/france-urges-end-to-turkish-offensive-against-syrian-kurdish-militia Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:11:59 +0100 france-urges-end-to-turkish-offensive-against-syrian-kurdish-militia French President Emmanuel Macron will raise human rights issues with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet next Friday, the Elysee said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171231/macron-to-raise-human-rights-issues-with-erdogan Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:56:47 +0100 macron-to-raise-human-rights-issues-with-erdogan The young French journalist Loup Bureau arrived back in Paris on Sunday, "tired but relieved", after being detained for more than seven weeks in a Turkish jail on terror charges. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170917/french-reporter-back-home-after-turkish-terror-charges Sun, 17 Sep 2017 16:44:23 +0200 french-reporter-back-home-after-turkish-terror-charges A young French reporter who has been held on terror charges in Turkey for the last seven weeks is set to be freed on Friday, his lawyers said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170915/france-urges-erdogan-to-free-reporter-jailed-in-turkey Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:54:11 +0200 france-urges-erdogan-to-free-reporter-jailed-in-turkey French President Emmanuel Macron sought to secure the release of a French reporter detained in Turkey at the end of July during a conversation on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a statement said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170815/emmanuel-macron-tells-recep-erdogan-of-concern-over-french-journalist-student-loup-bureau-detained-in-turkey Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:11:36 +0200 emmanuel-macron-tells-recep-erdogan-of-concern-over-french-journalist-student-loup-bureau-detained-in-turkey Journalist associations and thousands signing an online petition were pushing Tuesday for the release of a freelance French journalist detained in Turkey since July 26, accused of having links to a Kurdish militia Ankara regards as a terror group. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170809/turkey Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:01:24 +0200 turkey French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was held for a month in Turkey, said on his return to France Friday night that Ankara wanted to send a "strong message" to reporters wishing to go to the southeast of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170610/released-french-photographer-says-turkey-sending-message Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:07:25 +0200 released-french-photographer-says-turkey-sending-message French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday again urged Turkey to release a French photojournalist held for nearly a month, saying he should be freed urgently. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170604/macron-presses-turkey-over-detained-french-photojournalist Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:19:28 +0200 macron-presses-turkey-over-detained-french-photojournalist A French photojournalist held in Turkey for nearly three weeks has ended a week-long hunger strike, press freedom body Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170528/french-photojournalist-held-in-turkey-ends-hunger-strike-rsf Sun, 28 May 2017 11:07:24 +0200 french-photojournalist-held-in-turkey-ends-hunger-strike-rsf Turkey's foreign minister said in France on Sunday that the Netherlands is the "capital of fascism", the day after he was barred from speaking in the country to promote a referendum at home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170312/turkeys-foreign-minister-slams-fascist-netherlands-from-serene-france Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:49:59 +0100 turkeys-foreign-minister-slams-fascist-netherlands-from-serene-france Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is expected in France on Sunday, French authorities said, as tensions rise over rallies abroad to help Ankara gain backing for a key vote. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170312/turkish-fm-expected-in-france-as-dutch-rally-row-rages Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:43:21 +0100 turkish-fm-expected-in-france-as-dutch-rally-row-rages French club Lyon were nervously awaiting a flight home from Istanbul on Saturday after their friendly with Fenerbahce was cancelled because of the bloody coup attempt. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160716/french-football-team-flees-violence-in-turkey Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:00:54 +0200 french-football-team-flees-violence-in-turkey French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that the EU must not grant Turkey any concessions on human rights or visas in exchange for guarantees to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160312/no-concessions-to-turkey-on-rights-in-migrant-deal-hollande Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:58:07 +0100 no-concessions-to-turkey-on-rights-in-migrant-deal-hollande