‘OUTRAGEOUS!’ Germany’s fury as teachers ‘banned from even MENTIONING Christmas in class’ Express.co.uk Usually the Istanbul Lisesi holds a small celebration for Christmas and teaches its pupils, who are both German and Turkish, about the Christian … German school in Istanbul cancels Christmas – Deutsche Welle German School in Istanbul Forced to Deny ‘Banning’ Christmas – … Read more
The headline of the last edition of Turkey’s largest daily newspaper before the government took control of it says, “The Constitution Is Suspended.” CreditEmrah Gurel/Associated Press The murder of a newspaper platform24.org On Friday night, security forces stormed Zaman, the widest-circulating Turkish newspaper. Though many Turkish news outlets studiously avoided covering the raids, the … Read more
Turkey, Egypt in fresh quarrel after Erdoğan’s remarks The foreign ministries of Turkey and Egypt have traded a fresh round of accusatory statements, with the latter condemning Erdoğan’s latest remarks and his ‘flagrant intervention’ in Egypt’s internal affairs Turkey avoided being Ukraine, Egypt: Erdoğan Turkish police has behaved softly to demonstrators when compared to the U.S. … Read more
Minister Bağış heads to EU for Progress Report Turkey?s EU Minister Egemen Bağış heads out to EU capital Brussels to try and convince the bloc to release a more favorable progress report on the country ************ Turkish aid in Somalia: the irresistible appeal of boots on the ground Donors prepared to risk working side by … Read more