Turkish man jailed in Germany for synagogue attack
© Agence France-Presse A German court on Tuesday sentenced a Turkish man to two years and nine months in prison for attempting to set fire to a synagogue in the southern city of Ulm. The 47-year-old was found guilty of serious arson and damage to property for the incident in June 2021, described by judges […]
The Great Exodus 6: “We have seen that another life is possible”
A significant number of the people interviewed for this series had spent time abroad on different occasions before, but had always returned to Turkey at some point, often eagerly. This time, things seem different. Perhaps due to their expectations of what lies ahead in Turkey’s current outlook, many have emigrated without plans to return. Işık, an […]
The Great Exodus 5: ‘Now it’s possible to find Turkish-speaking doctors in nearly every German hospital’
In this series on recent Turkish emigrants, most of our stories have come from individuals working in health and technology fields who are graduates of Turkey’s elite schools. Not far behind come engineers and business graduates. In compiling this series, for example, we ran across three graduates of Bilkent University’s Industrial Engineering school who were unaware […]
Germany has suspended the visa rejection appeal process in Turkey | But it may be a good thing
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the appeal processes for visa rejections have been suspended for Turkey, China, and Morocco, citing that it has been overwhelmed by the number of applications since travel restrictions have been lifted post-COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement dated June 7th, the ministry stated that this practice is […]
Consulate, school closures in Istanbul as foreigners warned of terror risk
Germany, France, Switzerland, the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have announced the temporary closures of consulates in Turkey, as citizens from those countries have been warned of possible terror attacks, especially in Istanbul. The developments follow weeks of tensions between Turkey and Sweden, punctuated by the burning of the Quran in Stockholm in January […]
Exclusive Interview with Manès Weisskircher: “The rise of far-right in Europe is a long term process”
In this exclusive interview, Edgar Şar hosted Manès Weisskircher, Doctor of Political Science at TU Dresden. Weisskircher commented on the rise of far right parties and movements in Western Europe.
This Week in Turkey (82): with Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı on Erdoğan’s Germany visit
This Week in Turkey (26): Alper Kaliber on Turkey’s deepening crisis with the EU
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This Week in Turkey (24) with Suat Kınıklıoğlu on the tension between Germany and Turkey
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