Germany–Turkey relations

France's new consul general to Istanbul, Bertrand Buchwalter, lived twice in Turkey before being appointed to his last post. He came to Ankara to live for the first time as a young boy, only to come back to the city as a young diplomat.

Married to a Turkish wife, Buchwalter speaks fluent Turkish.

German companies should remain hopeful about the future of their investments in Turkey as the country still offers considerable economic growth potential despite current turbulence, German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann said on Dec. 7.

Speaking at the "Turkish-German Economy Day" event in Ankara, Erdmann said he continues to be upbeat about the future of bilateral ties.        

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers in her conservative bloc that she does not expect the European Union to open negotiations on new policy areas with Turkey in its talks to join the bloc, a source told Reuters. 

Entangled in a "love-hate" relationship, the German and Turkish governments are currently seeing a historic low in their ties, according to Professor Faruk Şen, a long-time observer of the two countries.  

Apparently the reactions to Germany's approval of the genocide resolution will not come to an end. Reactions are at every level and unfortunately they are spreading in waves.  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her government's concern after Turkey deported a Germanreporter on April 19 on the grounds that he was previously banned from entering the country.

The chancellor said German officials "immediately looked into the matter," in response to a question about the incident during a news conference in Berlin late on April 19.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized a video of a comedian reading a poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Germany's state broadcaster ZDF and called the text "insulting," during a phone call with Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu. 

A growing majority of Germans are opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, according to a poll published days after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan made a controversial speech to Turks in Cologne.