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Deadly rocket fire from Syria in Turkish border town

One person was killed and 26 others injured on Sunday in the Turkish border town of Kilis after rockets were fired from a region of Syria controlled

Turkey

Armenian massacres of 1915: the Turkish viewpoint

Turkey

Armenian massacres of 1915: the Armenian viewpoint

Armenia

Armenians march to remember 1915 massacres

Tens of thousands of Armenians marched through the capital Yerevan on Saturday carrying torches to commemorate the victims of the 1915 massacres

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Turkey

Merkel backs Turkey's idea of 'safe zones' for refugees in Syria

The Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu took German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Council president Donald Tusk on a tour of a refugee camp on

Turkey

Merkel visits Syrian refugees in Turkey amid tension over EU migrant deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkey on Saturday to see how Syrian refugees are being treated and to try to soothe tensions over the

Turkey

Turkey: Protests over 'freedom of speech' trials

Demonstrators in Turkey have denounced two ‘freedom of speech’ cases being heard at the same court in Istanbul on Friday. They gathered outside the

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Obama warns against 'Brexit'

In this edition of Europe Weekly: US President Barack Obama backs the Remain campaign in the UK’s EU referendum; the EU-Turkey deal could break down

World News

Turkey moves closer to EU visa-free travel

Turkey is moving closer to being granted visa-free travel to the European Union. It could be in force by the end of June. The bloc’s executive, the

Greece

Migrants allowed to leave Greek camps while asylum applications processed

Migrants on the Greek islands are being allowed out of the detention camps where they’re being housed, while they wait for their asylum applications

Europe News

Turkey must meet visa requirements, says EU's Juncker

Turkey must meet all the necessary criteria for visa-free travel in Europe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday. The

Germany

Beyond a joke: seven countries where it's a criminal offence to insult a head of state

Did you hear the one about the King and the pony? Probably not in some countries where insulting a head of state is a crime

Germany

Division within Germany's ruling coalition over Merkel's decision to allow prosecution of comic

The Chancellor has caused a storm by deciding to allow prosecutors to pursue a case against the comedian after he mocked the Turkish President in a clear case of satire

Turkey

Iran criticised by leaders of Muslim nations at Istanbul summit

Iran has come in for criticism from leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations at a summit in Istanbul

Germany

Erdogan satire video: Merkel clears path for prosecution

The German government will not block the prosecution of a satirist who mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Chancellor Angela Merkel said

Turkey

Turkey urges unity to fight terrorism as Muslim leaders meet in Istanbul

Fighting terrorism was top of the agenda at the Islamic Summit as more than 30 leaders of the Muslim world gathered in Istanbul. It was notable for

Europe News

MEPs scrutinise EU-Turkey migration deal

The EU’s deal to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey For every Syrian migrant sent back, one already in Turkey will be resettled inside the

Germany

Germans divided amid frenzy over comic Böhmermann's satirical Erdogan poem

Jan Böhmermann's satire of Turkey's president has been condemned as vulgar abuse. But Germany has been accused of pandering to a bullying leader.

Turkey

Syria conflict will be central to major Islamic summit

It calls itself the collective voice of the Muslim world. And ahead of a leaders summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, foreign ministers

Turkey

Turkey shells ISIL targets in Syria after rockets hit Kilis

Turkey says it has retaliated against the so-called Islamic State after three days of rockets fired from across the border in Syria caused panic and