Muslim youth gather in Istanbul for sake of Palestine The two-day conference tackles recent developments in Palestinian territories. Youth organizations and student unions from 30 countries gathered in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Saturday for a conference devoted to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The two-day event, which tackles recent developments in the […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to G20 Leaders’ Summit at Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg, Germany on July 06, 2017.   © Turksemedia.nl – Alle rechten voorbehouden | AA | Hamburg

The Netherlands has said suspects linked to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be tried in a Dutch court. The Dutch government on Wednesday said a European Joint Investigation Team (JIT) decided suspects should be prosecuted in the Netherlands, “a process that will be rooted in ongoing international cooperation […]

Turkey urges German authorities to move against ‘provocative acts’ Turkey’s embassy in Berlin sent a diplomatic note to the German Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over what it called “a provocative act” staged in the German capital. Protesters unfurled a banner in front of a motor vehicle featuring an image of the Turkish president among other […]

Greek media reports of 4-step plan to cut Turkey’s military presence on divided island dismissed by Ankara Greek media claims about an alleged plan to cut Turkish troop numbers in Cyprus by 80 percent were dismissed by Ankara on Thursday. A spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Huseyin Muftuoglu, said stories claiming […]

Hague Court of Appeal rules Dutch government ‘partially liable’ for death of some 300 Muslim men in 1995 Srebrenica massacre The decision by a Dutch court of appeal on Tuesday holding the Dutch government “partially liable” for the deaths of some 300 Muslim men during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is a “great injustice,” according to […]

Muslims arrive to visit their relatives’ damaged tombs after they performed Eid al-Fitr prayer, at Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on June 25, 2017. Eid al-Fitr is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world that marks the end of Ramadan, Islamic holy month of fasting.   © Turksemedia.nl – Alle rechten voorbehouden | […]

De Colombianen in Briceño-Oregon, het gebied waar het vredesproces met FARC in Colombia voor het eerst wordt uitgevoerd, zijn erg blij met hun school die door Turkije is gebouwd. De Colombiaanse leider en eerste leraar van de bevolking van Oregon, Bernardo Jesus Pelaes Correa, laat weten dat de in opdracht van de Turkse president Erdoğan […]

De Amerikaanse oud-president Barack Obama heeft donderdag in Berlijn gezegd dat er burgerdoden zijn gevallen door zijn besluiten in de strijd tegen terrorisme. Dat zei hij tijdens een panel naast de Duitse bondskanselier Angela Merkel. “Sommige van mijn foute besluiten hebben geleid tot burgerdoden”, reageerde Obama op een vraag en opmerking van een Duitse deelnemer […]

In de Palestijnse stad Ramallah is woensdag het eerste Turkse restaurant van het land geopend. De opening is bijgewoond door de Turkse ambassadeur in Al-Quds (Jeruzalem) en veel Palestijnen. Ambassadeur Gürcan Türkoğlu liet weten dat Palestijnen enorm veel interesse tonen voor Turkije. “Zoals jullie dat ook weten is er liefde voor Turkije in Palestina. De […]