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INTERVIEW: Basharat Peer on Turkey, India and the new populism
The Turkey of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the India of Narendra Modi are seen as pioneers of a new style of populism. Both President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Modi tap into a simmering reservoir of resentment, historical injury and frustration, directing anger against domestic and foreign "enemies of the people." With the election of Donald Trump as U.S.
As Germany keeps pressing Erdoğan
In his first public speech, as reported on March 22, new German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier directly criticized Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, asking him to stop "jeopardizing everything" that he has built "with others" so far. "The way we look [at Turkey] is characterized by worry that everything built up over years and decades is collapsing," Steinmeier said.
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Erdogan: Europeans won't be safe in streets
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has warned that "Europeans across the world will not be able to walk safely on the streets."
This will be the case "if they keep up their current attitude," Erdogan told an event for local journalists in Ankara on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
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"Europeans everywhere won't be safe in streets" - Erdogan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has warned that "Europeans across the world will not be able to walk safely on the streets."
This will be the case "if they keep up their current attitude," Erdogan told an event for local journalists in Ankara on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
Turkey doesn't deserve to be so undesired
The United States banned laptops, tablets, cameras and similar electronic devices aboard planes from 10 cities in eight countries on March 20. The list included Istanbul in Turkey. The other countries in the list are Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates; all of them are Muslim countries from the greater Middle East area.
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Merkel ally says Turkey’s Erdogan ‘not welcome’ in Germany
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has crossed a line by comparing Berlin’s government to the Nazis and he and other officials are no longer welcome in Germany, a senior ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.
Raqqa scenarios taking shape before major offensive
As the spring equinox starts with March 21, which is celebrated as the ancient new year under the name of Nevruz or Newroz in many eastern cultures, preparations are about to be completed for a major offensive on the Syrian city of Raqqa, which has been under occupation by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since January 2014. According to diplomatic sources, if the operation does
Ankara suspects German intel using Gülen network
In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, Bruno Kahl, the chief of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, said on March 18 that the Turkish government had "failed to convince" them that the U.S.-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gülen was behind the coup attempt of July 15, 2016.
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German Foreign Minister: Turkey ‘further away from EU membership than ever’
Turkey has never been less likely to join the European Union than now and the bloc should seek a special relationship with Britain, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said as relations between Ankara and Berlin hit a low point.
Erdogan says Dutch PM Rutte Lost Turkey's Friendship
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had lost the friendship of Ankara after a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over a ban on Turkish ministers speaking in the Netherlands, according to Reuters.