An organization in the Netherlands has raised the world’s largest Palestinian flag in Europe, according to a statement released by the group on Wednesday. The organization, called KOFIA, said in a statement that the flag [ More … ]
The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a remote occupied West Bank village that were donated by the Dutch government. Israeli forces confiscated the solar panels [ More … ]
Academics speak out after Ankara’s fall out with EU states over block on Turkish ministers’ referendum campaigns EU rules on political expression have failed to keep up with the free movement of people across the [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* It seems that the strife between Turkey and the EU will not end soon. The hostile attitude of Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland is forcing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to respond harshly. [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* It seems that the constitutional amendment to be put to a referendum on April 16, concerns certain world centers more than it does the people of Turkey. Every day we are seeing how [ More … ]
BY: Kemal Öztürk* Let’s grasp the severity of the situation. These are not the reactions of minority racists and populist politicians alone.These incidents will not remain limited merely to the Netherlands, Austria and Germany. The bans [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* The Dutch government’s enmity against Turkish ministers shows something deeper than the violations of diplomacy, international laws and freedom of speech which is the emergence of European hypocrisy What happened over the last [ More … ]
Instead of pressing countries which break conventions, EU hides behind solidarity to protect them, says Turkish Foreign Ministry. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Tuesday slammed top EU officials’ “short-sighted” statements on the crisis over EU countries’ recent [ More … ]
Turkey and the Netherlands are going through a period of strained diplomatic relations after two Turkish ministers were barred entry to the northern European country where they planned to attend a political rally. There has [ More … ]
Growing number of nations denounce Dutch government for blocking Turkish ministers from meeting ex-pats. Also, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has sent two diplomatic notes to the West European country. Egypt, Iraq, Mauritania and Tunisia on Monday joined [ More … ]
A serious diplomatic crisis is unfolding between some European countries and Turkey after the Netherlands banned Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, from entering the country to speak in Rotterdam for Turkish émigré voters ahead of [ More … ]
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