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Then came the benign dictators… A story of doing practically nothing
How many more wake up calls do we need to get our democratic shit together and do something about it? How much closer do we need to get to the fire, before we put it out or burn ourselves out? What is Europe waiting for? Or, are we purposefully procrastinating, because we share, deep down, some of Orban’s ideas?
Protests after Netherlands bars Turkish official’s plane from landing
Protests broke out in Rotterdam and in front of Dutch diplomatic missions in Turkey on Saturday after the Netherlands barred a plane carrying Turkey’s foreign…
Turkey recalls religious leader from Netherlands over diaspora spying claims
THE HAGUE: Turkey has recalled the head of a key religious organisation in The Netherlands after he informed Ankara about Dutch citizens believed to oppose…
Why did Turkish coup plot fail?
For several hours on Friday night hundreds of Turkish soldiers appeared to have taken control of key areas of the main cities of Ankara and…
Turkey coup attempt: military claims government takeover – Breaking News Live Feed
Members of the Turkish military said a coup was under way in the country, despite its elected president claiming that the attempt had failed and…
Merkel lets comedian face prosecution for Erdoğan poem – Europe gives in to the sultan… (watch the video)
German chancellor under fire for agreeing to Turkish president’s request for prosecution of Jan Böhmermann The chancellor expressed “grave concerns” about the prosecution of individual…
the biggest foreign policy mistake ever made by turkey
By Hakan Aksay I am in Moscow. Surprised, sad and angry. Yesterday was the day that they screwed it all up. Yesterday the perception of…