German Embassy in Ankara

World Bank Türkiye Director Humberto Lopez has announced plans for a $750 million project to upgrade the country's electricity transmission lines within the next six months, with an additional $750 million investment planned in the coming years.

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The German embassy in Ankara on June 6 announced that around 100,000 Schengen visas were issued in Türkiye in 2023, countering the recent difficulties faced by Turkish citizens when applying for visas.

Germany currently does not issue more visas to any country in the world than Türkiye, the statement released on the embassy's Twitter account emphasized.

The German embassy in Ankara has said foreign diplomats have not been allowed to follow a public hearing of former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, expressing concerns over the state of the rule of law in Turkey.

In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, Bruno Kahl, the chief of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, said on March 18 that the Turkish government had "failed to convince" them that the U.S.-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gülen was behind the coup attempt of July 15, 2016.

The British embassy in the capital of Turkey, Ankara has announced it will be closed on Sept.

The British embassy in the capital Ankara has announced it will be closed on Sept. 16 over security concerns, while Germany has also temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible terror attack.

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy, all other consular offices and a school in Turkey, reportedly due to fears of a possible attack.

Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Sept. 9 that the move was taken as a precaution after the Foreign Ministry learned of rumored attacks on consular facilities in Turkey during the Eid al-Adha holiday week.

Three suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were detained in Istanbul on March 22 following intelligence received by police concerning a planned attack targeting German institutions and schools in the city.

The German Foreign Ministry released a briefing stating that the German Embassy in Ankara, Turkey and its Consulate General in Constantinople had been shut down, following an unconfirmed threat of an imminent attack. According to the announcement of the German school in Constantinople was closed for security reasons.

The German Embassy in Ankara and the German Consulate in Istanbul have remained closed for a second day over the threat of a possible attack after German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said they had received very serious intelligence about a possible terror attack against German missions in Turkey on March 17.