German Chancellor Angela Merkel is optimistic that the European Union and Turkey still can bridge the differences over visa-free travel for Turkish citizens. Yet presumably an agreement late a few weeks away, Merkel said at the G20 summit in China.
Thousands of Kurds or Germans of Kurdish origin have sat on the right bank of the Rhine in Cologne collected for a large demonstration against the policies of the Turkish President Erdogan. The Turkish president would always act more like a dictator, especially after the failed coup attempt in July. The protesters also demand the withdrawal of Turkish attacks on Kurdish Syrians militias in northern Syria.
Turkish troops have again Saturday interfered in Syria's civil war. Tanks moved south of the city of Gaziantep Syrian border to the town of al-Rai. According to reports from Turkish media, the attack against the Sunni extremists of Islamic State. The Syrian border town of al-Rai is about 150 kilometers northwest of the town of Raqqa, the Syrian headquarters of IS.
Turkey must keep its military operations in northern Syria limited. The warning gave the German foreign minister Friday.
Turkey complains that the Syrian Kurdish militia fighters YPG its still not withdrawn behind the Euphrates River, as it has promised. Turkish troops last week northern Syria invaded and their local allies have been able to dislodge the YPG from the area of the border town Jarablus, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday.
The German government wants to explicitly distance themselves from the approval by the Bundestag of the genocide of Armenians in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. In exchange for this assistance to the Turkish government grants to restore access to German troops in Turkey for German authorities, reports Spiegel.
Turkey ponders not about to change his anti-terror legislation to meet EU requirements. That said, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Thursday after a visit from Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament. Brussels is concerned that the Turkish government misused the law to close its opponents and silence.
The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, will Thursday on an official visit to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The German Social Democrat wants,, political dialogue Getting back on the right track 'and,, all relevant issues, from security to the refugee crisis, openly discuss.'
Turkey knows nothing of an agreement between the Turkish army and militias of the Kurdish rebels in Syria. Which emphasize Turkish ministers Wednesday.
Turkey wants a strip 90 kilometers wide where the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State (IS) are driven out along the border in Syria. This is a spokesperson for Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
The United States is trying frantically to appease the conflict between the friends Turkey and the Kurdish ally YPG, which are each other's lives in northern Syria. If the opponents of Islamic State not coordinate their maneuvers in northern Syria, may there IS capital out of the US Department of Defense warned.
Fighters of the Kurdish YPG militia graves in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. They make no attempt to leave the city, as demanded the Turkish and US government sources said the security forces. There would just reinforcements arrived.
The measures taken by the Turkish government after the failed coup last month,, go too far. ' That takes the CHP, the main opposition party in Turkey, the Turkish newspaper reports Hürroyet.
Turkey will be relentless in its fight against armed groups such as Islamic State or the Kurdish PKK. That Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.
Russia has lifted the ban on charter flights to Turkey, the Moscow government announced Sunday it.
The Turkish military said in airstrikes in northern Syria 25 Kurdish fighters have slain.
Warriors of the Kurds affiliated militia in northern Syria provide fierce battle with Turkey-backed rebels. These are, according to the Syrian Observatory accompanied by Turkish tanks. The claims of the Syrian Democratiche Forces (SDF), which consists partly of Kurdish fighters and their allies had previously been attacked Saturday by Turkish warplanes and artillery.
Turkish policewomen may in future wear a headscarf. The Islamic head covering is permitted provided that it is neutral and plain in color and matches the uniform, announced the Turkish government.
Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak wants European politicians moderate their criticism of Turkey. Turkey is a strategic partner of the European Union and plays an extremely important role in solving the migration problem, Lajcak said Friday after a brief visit to Ankara.
Three members of the European Commission will soon travel to Turkey to discuss the situation after the failed coup. They also discuss visa-free travel and the negotiations on Turkey's EU membership. Vice president and foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Commissioners Johannes Hahn (Extension) and Dmitris Avromopoulos (Migration) conduct early September talks with the Turkish government.
A convoy of Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has entered Thursday in a shootout between police and a group of unknown assailants. Which reported Turkish news channels, including CNN Türk.
Turkey has at least nine extra tanks sent to northern Syria, an operation aimed at expelling forces of Islamic State (IS) from the northern Syrian city Jarablus. The reported eyewitnesses.
Turkey calls his troops recently returned from northern Syria when the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia withdraws behind the Euphrates. Until then, the Turkish military operation against Islamic State and the YPG continues, said Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Wednesday.
The Turkey-backed rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have the northern Syrian Jarablus captured by Islamic State. The FSA did the job, backed by Turkish tanks and commandos and Turkish and US warplanes, in a few hours.
The Kurdish-Syrian fighters of the PYD militia in Syria lost the support of the US if they do not withdraw to the left bank of the Euphrates. That threat, the US Vice President Joe Biden expressed during his visit to Turkey, a sworn enemy of the PYD.
US Vice President Joe Biden feels guilty because he did not previously traveled to Turkey to show the country his support after the foiled coup last month. That Biden said Wednesday in Ankara after talks with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Turkey is determined to,, to preserve the territorial integrity of Syria '' and will, if necessary, take matters into their own hands to protect it. That said the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara Wednesday.
US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Wednesday the Turkish capital Ankara. Biden has since met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Turkey and the US-backed rebel coalition Wednesday began an offensive to retake the Syrian border town Jarablus on Islamic State. It reports the Turkish news agency Anadolu.
Turkey has formally to the United States submitted a request for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen. The request is not made in connection with the attempted coup in Turkey last month, said the Muslim cleric was involved, according to the Turkish government.
