Cologne

Lufthansa said talks to make SunExpress, its joint venture with Turkish Airlines, a partner in its new low-cost long-haul Wings concept were progressing well.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has met with several religious communities in Germany as part of his official visit to the country, seeking support for the joint presidential candidate of the CHP and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to accelerate preparations for the upcoming presidential elections in Turkey, during which millions of Turkish voters living abroad – including 1.5 million in Germany alone - will be eligible to cast their votes.

Turkey's Central Bank has replaced five executives on June 11, following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's increasingly stronger criticism of Governor Erdem Başçı's strategy amid a wave of reshuffles at various segments of bureaucracy.

The Central Bank Assembly has removed two director-generals, one deputy director-general and two directors in its meeting in the afternoon.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will be in Essen, Germany on June 7 to address Turks residing in Germany and other corners of Europe, to convince them to vote for the candidate that the social democrat party will appoint for the Aug. 10 polls.

Turkish PM's adviser criticizes German media

BERLIN -- An adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the German media for their "hostile" coverage.

According to the German Spiegel magazine, Yigit Bulut "cautioned that they should learn that nobody can so shamelessly attack the Turkish state, its government, and prime minister."

This time a year ago, Turkey was experiencing its largest ever wave of civil protests, following the government’s strong reaction to protesters who did not want a shopping mall to be built over one of the last remaining green spots at the heart of Istanbul: Gezi Park in Taksim Square.

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to
please everybody.” The Central Bank of Turkey’s Gov. Erdem Başçı found
out the wisdom in this Bill Cosby quote the hard way this past week.

A growing majority of Germans are opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, according to a poll published days after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan made a controversial speech to Turks in Cologne.
   

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights will be canceled because of a planned strike at German airports, which begins on Thursday night.

According to a press statement published on Wednesday, the German airline would be grounding 600 flights, the DW reports.