The entrance gate of the Swedish Consulate General on the Istanbul shopping street İstiklal looks as if the Bavarian fairytale king Ludwig II put it there: white with high battlements. The fairy-like fits, after all Sweden was always a promise in times when the Turks their own country was hell. After numerous military coups, it offered refuge. This story has not been forgotten, and almost every day people are still queuing in front of the consulate hoping for a visa....
Status: 01/11/2023 05:56 am She accuses Turkey of using chemical weapons and fights against torture. Now a verdict is to be passed against the chairperson of the Turkish Medical Association. Because of propaganda for a terrorist organization. By Markus Rosch, ARD Studio Istanbul December 2022: Dozens of doctors and opposition politicians demonstrate in front of the judicial plaza in Istanbul against the trial of Sebnem Korur Fincanci, the head of the Turkish Medical Association. Prosecutors have just asked for a...
comment by Tomas AvenariusThe separation of powers is a fine thing: no matter who governs, a president or a prime minister appointed by parliament, the balance of power in the country remains balanced. The constitutional checks and balances are taking effect, the rule of law works, the democratic transfer of power and civil rights remain guaranteed. It's different in Turkey. Judgments are being issued more and more frequently that cast doubt on the independence of the judiciary. In politically decisive...
Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu is threatened with another impeachment procedure. After a year-long investigation, the Turkish central government in Ankara claims that among the almost 44,000 employees of the city administration there are 1,668 people with ties to terrorist organizations. As mayor, Imamoğlu is responsible for this. The popular politician is considered a possible candidate for the presidency.Almost half a year before the presidential and parliamentary elections, he could now be relieved of his post. In this way, President Recep...
Status: 12/15/2022 9:43 p.m Tens of thousands show solidarity and call for the judgment against the mayor of Istanbul to be lifted. Although Imamoglu is threatened with a political ban, Erdogan's rival is combative. His future is still open. Tens of thousands of people have protested in Turkey against the sentencing of a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A court sentenced the popular mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, to more than two years in prison on Wednesday and banned...
IIn Germany, according to information from Kyiv, fake recruitment letters for the International Legion, which consists of foreigners, are in circulation in Ukraine. "The Ukrainian consulate has not sent any such letters," foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko said on Friday Facebook. Rather, the letters are part of a disinformation campaign against Ukraine. In Germany, recruiting citizens for service in a foreign army is punishable by up to five years in prison. The police were informed of the incidents. The diplomat...
Status: 24.11.2022 03:25 a.m The Turkish government is certain: the PKK was behind the attack in Istanbul in mid-November. While the Turkish army is now flying attacks on Kurdish positions in Syria and Iraq, questions are being raised in Turkey. By Oliver Mayer-Rüth, ARD Studio Istanbul When a bomb killed six people on Istanbul's Istiklal shopping street in the middle of the month, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu quickly made up his mind. According to the minister, the Kurdish workers' party...
Status: 11/20/2022 9:53 a.m Turkey says it has carried out airstrikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria and Iraq. The operations were directed against the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG. There are said to have been several deaths. A week after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey has confirmed the start of a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and Iraq. Bases of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG were targeted,...
After the attack in Istanbul Turkey attacks targets in northern Syria and northern Iraq An F-16 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force. photo © Ingo Wagner/dpa "Accounting time!" tweeted the Turkish Defense Ministry. Turkey is taking action against Kurdish militias - according to Ankara, they are responsible for a bomb attack in Istanbul. A week after the deadly bomb attack in Istanbul, Turkey announced a military offensive against Kurdish positions in northern Iraq and northern Syria. It was "settlement...
A few days after the attack in Istanbul | Turkey attacks targets in northern SyriaAccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkey has attacked Kurdish positions in northern Syria from the air. Accordingly, among other things, the city of Kobane was bombed. In addition, positions of the Kurdish-led military alliance SDF in the provinces of Aleppo and Hassake were attacked. A spokesman for the organization said there were injuries and deaths. The Turkish news channel CNN Türk also reported...
