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Thousands of people in Germany with migrant backgrounds are sharing stories of everyday discrimination under the hashtag #MeTwo, inspired by football star Mesut Ozil’s resignation from Germany’s national team over racism.

Facebook’s CEO boasts about his commitment to free speech. But the company regularly caves in to the demands of authoritarian regimes.

Shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed a decisive victory in Sunday’s highly controversial referendum vote to expand his powers, he issued a stern warning to opposition parties that their efforts to “belittle” the election results would “be in vain.”

Members on all sides of the European Parliament have called on the Commission to halt accession talks with Turkey thanks to its questionable human rights record, which has deteriorated following an attempted coup earlier this year.

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Nayef is set to travel to Ankara, Turkey, this week to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in a sign Saudi Arabia is looking to cement its alliance with the NATO power

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers are expected Thursday to approve President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s request for a three-month state of emergency in the wake of last week’s failed coup. In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Erdogan announced

Tens of thousands of Turks in Germany and Austria gathered to protest the attempted coup against Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Austrian presidential candidate, Norbert Hofer, said the protests were worrying and that Austrians’ parents and grandparents did not

The President of the European Parliament has warned that Turkey is “on the way” to becoming a “one-man state” under the leadership of  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pictured). European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, made the comment in a sharply-worded interview with the German daily newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ratcheted up the pressure on Europe over a landmark migrant deal on Thursday, accusing the bloc of setting new hurdles for visa-free travel and threatening Ankara may go its own way if they failed to agree.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday he wanted Turkish citizens to be granted visa-free travel within the European Union (EU) by October at the latest. In a deal negotiated in March between Turkey and the EU it was agreed that

BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) is seeking a preliminary injunction against German publisher Axel Springer’s chief executive Mathias Doepfner, German media cited Erdogan’s lawyer as saying on Monday. German media cited Ralf Hoecker, a lawyer for Erdogan,

A restaurant in Cologne, Germany, selling a special burger named after Turkey’s President Erdoğan has closed because the owner could not guarantee his employees’ safety in the face of threats and intimidation. Jörg Tiemann, manager of the ‘Urban Burgery’ restaurant, told the Bild newspaper

Politicians from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have launched a bid to protect a German satirist, after Ankara filed a criminal defamation suit against him for insulting the Turkish President. Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her decision to allow the prosecution of Jan Böhmermann to

According to an opinion poll taken at the weekend, fully two thirds of Germans oppose the government’s decision allowing prosecutors to bring a case against Jan Böhmermann, a German comedian who mocked Turkey’s President Erdoğan. Critics warn the effects will be felt in Turkey as

One of Germany’s most popular satirists is facing five years in prison for reciting a poem mocking Turkey’s President Erdogan on television. The poem joked about the president having sex with goats, and accused him of “kicking Kurds and slapping

Turkey’s president has threatened to pull the plug on the European Union (EU) migrant deal should the EU fall short on any of his demands – including visa free travel for 70 million Turks by June. In exchange for the

The Turkish state is pushing to have a satirical video mocking president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan banned in Germany, summoning Germany’s top diplomat in Turkey the foreign ministry for a dressing down. The catchy “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan [Erdo-how, Erdo-where, Erdoğan]” song

The Turkish Ministry of Religious Affairs is under heavy criticism after they published a comic glorifying Islamic martyrdom to children. A cartoon published in the April issue of the ministry’s Child Magazine, shows a dialogue between a child and his parents,

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have seized control of the Cihan news agency, according to a statement from Cihan, widening the crackdown against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen (pictured), an influential foe of President Tayyip Erdogan. Cihan said

A leading Turkish newspaper which had staunchly opposed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan printed on Sunday its first new edition since its seizure by authorities, strongly supporting the government line. Turkish police on Friday raided the Istanbul premises of the Zaman

(AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested building a new city in northern Syria to house some of the millions of refugees escaping the country’s civil war, reports said Saturday. Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul late

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two prominent Turkish journalists from a leading opposition newspaper have been freed in the early hours of Friday after Turkey’s top court ruled that their detentions had violated their rights. The arrest of Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of

Italian prosecutors are investigating the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for money laundering amid accusations he smuggled large amounts of cash into the country, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday. A probe was launched into Bilal Erdogan

Turkey’s Islamist president has promised to “open the gates” and say “goodbye” to hundred of thousands of migrants who could be transported into Europe by “bus” and even “plane”, demanding the West gives millions more in aid. “We do not have the

A senior politician from Germany’s Left Party has warned against doing “dirty deals” with Turkey’s President Erdogan, labeling him a “Godfather of terrorism”. Interviewed in Der Spiegel, Sahra Wagenknecht accused Turkey’s President Erdogan (pictured) of tacitly supporting Islamic State terrorism and refusing to

The People’s Democratic Party (HDP), a Turkish left-wing minority party allied with the Kurdish population, has demanded the nation’s Supreme Election Board cancel the results of the November 1 election that locked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) into the majority position.

(AFP) – More than 54 million Turks are eligible to cast their votes in a snap election Sunday called following an inconclusive vote in June. After a deadly bombing in Ankara and a resurgence in the Kurdish conflict, opinion polls

(REUTERS) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan mocked European Union overtures for help with its migration crisis during a long-awaited visit to Brussels on Monday that in the end was partly overshadowed by Russia’s violation of Turkish airspace near Syria. Erdogan,

Facing up to four-and-a-half years in prison if found guilty, two Turkish newspaper commentators went on trial yesterday for illustrating columns with a cartoon of Mohammed.  Charges of “inciting public hatred” and “insulting religious values” were brought against Ceyda Karan and

As Armenians are gearing up to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has “mistakenly” published a picture of the Armenian Genocide Monument amidst a collage of photos in a 2015 calendar.

A Turkish court ordered the nation’s authorities to block Facebook pages that they deem to be insulting of Muhammad, author of the Koran.