Long arm of Ankara

Kanter has been an outspoken critic of Erdogan

While the Turkish opposition has been using public unhappiness over rising numbers of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries to challenge President Erdogan's government, xenophobic violence has also been increasing.

Greeks and Turks ought to double their efforts to build friendship bridges, despite the policy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who feeds on conflict, top Turkish basketball player and NBA star Enes Kanter tells Kathimerini English Edition.

The Bucharest Appeal Court on Friday rejected a Turkish request to extradite a Turkish journalist, Kamil Demirkaya, known for his criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

Romanian police detained Demirkaya on December 5 on the basis of a warrant issued by the Ankara authorities.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said they want relations with Turkey to normalize.

Turkey has signed a contract with Russia to buy S-400 air defense missile systems, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

Beta reported this on Tuesday citing Turkish media.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Germany's ruling politicians "enemies of Turkey" who deserve to be rejected by German-Turkish voters.

Germany will hold a general election on 24 September, and about one million ethnic Turks living in Germany can vote. A majority of them backed Mr Erdogan in an April referendum.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan wants an atomic bomb, the Greek newspaper Democracy says, citing the British edition of Express.

The Netherlands’ largest newspaper ‘De Telegraaph’ has published a front page cartoon depicting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as an ape trampling on freedom of speech in Europe!