Germany’s relationship with Turkey has never been so fraught. Diplomatic relations between the two countries have gone from bad to worse with little improvement in sight. The most recent cause of tension came on August [ More … ]
Germany’s foreign minister has said the Bundestag resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide is non-binding. This declaration came following media reports the German cabinet would disavow the resolution [ More … ]
German Chancellor Merkel and Turkish President Erdogan have met on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Poland. The leaders, however, made little ground resolving the disputes that divide them after German Parliament infuriated Ankara by [ More … ]
Turkish president Erdogan has threatened to “leave” Europe to deal with its migrant crisis alone, saying that Germany “blackmailed” Turkey by recognizing the Armenian Genocide. He also called out the Germans over their “history” of [ More … ]
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