Politics of Germany

Germany has a "strategic interest" in a sound economic development in Turkey, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sept.6

Germany's foreign minister Heiko Maas will pay a working visit to Turkey on Sept. 5-6, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 4.

AFP - A German far-left politician will launch on Tuesday a cross-party movement called "Stand up", modelled on the populist campaigns of US Senator Bernie Sanders and Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

A stable, prosperous and democratic Turkey is in the interest of Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokeswoman said on Aug. 29.

The Guardian - The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has condemned two days of far-right street violence that has left several people injured, which flared up after a Syrian and an Iraqi were accused of killing a German man on Sunday.

Fr Paolo Cortese,  a Catholic priest and head of the "Bishop Evgenii Bosilkov Cultural Centre" in Belene, a Bulgarian town on the Danube, is organising a series of events to commemorate the victims of various totalitarian or authoritarian regimes in the 20th century.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her Christian Democrats (CDU) at a meeting that she saw no urgent need to offer financial aid for Turkey to ease its currency crisis, the conservative party's general secretary said on Aug. 20.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says talks with Greece on its taking back migrants who previously sought asylum there are well-advanced but similar negotiations with Italy have some way to go.

Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany wants to see Turkey prosper economically and is stressing the importance of its central bank's independence.

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