Leaked Brexit summit text: Full annotated document Brussels Blog by Alex Barker We’ve got our hands on the final pre-summit draft of the UK’s “new settlement” deal, sent to member states by Donald Tusk, the summit’s host, in the early hours of this morning. There are not many changes from Tusk’s first version, published two weeks … Read more
Tusk warns refugees away from Europe EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev Speaking in Athens on Thursday (3 March), Council President Donald made a pathetic appeal to ‘economic’ migrants not to come to Europe. EU asylum seekers ‘doubled in 2015’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The number of people seeking asylum in the European Union in 2015 … Read more
Hoax map’ fights migrant myths BBC News | Europe | World Edition Online map highlights false stories and rumours about migrants in Germany. Press conference: DiEM25 launched by Yanis Varoufakis and Srecko Horvat open Democracy News Analysis – by Srećko Horvat and Yanis Varoufakis The Democracy in Europe Movement 25 was launched by Yanis Varoufakis at the Volksbühne in Berlin … Read more
Ankara bombing: blaming Kurds suits Erdoğan’s political ends World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall Turkey’s move sends a message to the US and strengthens its argument for excluding Kurds from Syrian peace talks Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkey’s prime minister, was keen to make a point. All the evidence suggested that the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection … Read more
Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk: The EU forgot its values EurActiv.com Internationally acclaimed Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has accused the European Union of turning a blind eye to the state of democracy in Turkey because of its cooperation in the migration crisis, local media reported yesterday (31 January). The EU’s core values are at stake in the migration … Read more
Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting Today’s Zaman–52 minutes ago Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting … present at the meeting, showed Juncker an internal documentbelonging to the EC … In return for keeping the refugees, the EU promised Turkey 3 billion euros, . News in Greek ******* Merkel visits Turkey as fleeing Syrians … Read more
National State TV Draws Back Report ‘60 Terrorists Killed in Cizre’ Bianet :: English National state television TRT has drawn back its report broadcasted with the headline “60 terrorists killed in Cizre” without any explanation. TİHV: 224 Civilians Killed in Curfews Bianet :: English According to the statement of TİHV, in the districts under curfew, 224 persons … Read more
Over 10,000 migrant children missing: Europol Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Jan. 31, fearing many have been whisked into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade EU calls on Turkey to let in refugees BBC News | Europe | World Editio Officials in the EU urge … Read more
Ecuador Slams Erdogan Guards for Attack on Pro-Kurdish Protest teleSUR English–14 hours ago Ecuador’s foreign minister said the attack by the Turkish president’s security guards on the protest was irresponsible and against free speech Protesters interrupt Turkish President Erdoğan’s speech in Ecuador Today’s Zaman–Feb 5, 2016 A group of protesters has interrupted a speech by … Read more
An insider’s cultural guide to Ankara: unique Anatolian modernity World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Didem Tali From psychedelic folk music to guerrilla artists, Didem Tali takes us behind the new urban developments in Turkey’s capital Delivery of new Turkish IDs to be complete by 2018 The delivery of new, modernized Turkish identity cards will be completed … Read more
8 Journalists Head for Diyarbakır Wednesday for News Watch Bianet :: English News Watch organized by journalists to act in solidarity with their colleagues working in cities under curfew begins tomorrow. OSCE slams severe charges against prominent journalists The severe charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül could further increase the already critical pressure that opposing … Read more
Hundreds of men were part of the mob, which marched through Stockholm’s main train station, reportedly targeted refugees via Aftonbladet ‘Hundreds’ of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children independent.co.uk – Jan 30, 5:14 AM Hundreds of masked men marched through Stockholm’s main train station on Friday evening, reportedly beating up refugees and … Read more
Footballers stage migrants protest BBC News | Europe | World Edition Footballers in Greece stage a sit-in protest at the start of a game over the death toll of migrants trying to reach the country. Making money out of the migrant crisis BBC News | Europe | World Edition The business making money out of the migrant … Read more
Spain and Portugal top the list as holidaymakers seek safety World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bob Atkinson The Iberian peninsula, Malta and Greece have been the beneficiaries of tourists’ changed travel plans MAIN FOCUS: Macedonia urged to protect EU external borders | 20/01/2016 euro|topics In view of the consistently high number of refugees who arrive … Read more
Erdoğan biopic to hit Turkish screens: Producer Shooting will start next week on a feature film tracing the early career of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from his childhood in a poor district in Istanbul to his rise to become the city’s mayor, its producers said Jan. 15 Unemployment continues to stand at double digits in Turkey The … Read more