Coup soldiers attacked civilians with tanks, F-16 jets and helicopters. They targeted innocent civilians deliberately. Turkish parliament and Presidential Complex were also bombed by coup plotters. However, despite this tragic event that no representatives or officials from EU have visited for condolence since failed coup in Turkey.
Some 9,000 refugee children reported to have disappeared in Germany
Germany’s federal police says the number of missing refugee children has doubled since the start of the year. Most of the children are aged between 14 and 17-years-old. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) has confirmed that by July 1, 8,991 unaccompanied refugee children and young people had been reported missing. The figures, which were …
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Mayor fires refugee project intern for wearing headscarf in Germany
Mayor Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide of the town Luckenwalde, in Brandeburg, fired an intern after one day because she would not take off her headscarf. “The Islamic headscarf is a means of expressing a religious worldview,” Herzog-von der Heide said on Wednesday. The mayor said that therefore, wearing a headscarf would violate the neutrality of …
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EP officials to pay first visit to Turkey since failed coup attempt
Officials from the European Parliament will on Tuesday pay their first visit to Turkey since the foiled coup attempt of July 15. No representatives from the European Parliament have visited Turkey until today. Turkey is still a candidate country for European Union and its parliamentery building and Presidential complex in Ankara were bombed by coup …
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German Interior Minister Defends Leaked Report Calling Turkey ‘Hub’ for Islamists
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday defended a leaked government report alleging Turkey was a hub for Islamist groups, a charge that has further strained tensions with Ankara, a key partner in efforts to stem mass migration. De Maiziere told German regional broadcaster rbb: “There’s nothing to regret,” when asked if he regretted …
Islamophobic tweets ‘peaked in July’
Almost 7,000 “Islamophobic” tweets were sent, in English, every day in July worldwide, data seen by the BBC suggests. This compared to 2,500 in April, with peaks recorded following the Nice lorry attack and the attempted military coup in Turkey. Forty-nine words and hashtags were used as indicators of anti-Islamic tweets, by the think tank …
Angela Merkel’s conservatives call to ban Muslim woman from wearing the burqa
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives want to ban Muslim women from wearing the full-face veil in public as part of a tightening of security in response to July’s terror attacks. “The full-face veil … does not comply with Germany, and we reject it,” Peter Tauber, the general secretary of Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) said during …
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Dresden mosque and congress centre hit by two bomb blasts
Two separate bomb attacks took place in the German city of Dresden Monday night, according to Saxony police. One of the attacks targeted a mosque while the second targeted the International Congress Center of Dresden. No injuries have been reported from the two home made devices, only property damage, police added. Police say they believe …
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Study reveals job bias against Muslim women wearing headscarf in Germany
A Muslim migrant woman in Germany who wears a headscarf has to send almost five times as many job applications as a native German candidate with same qualifications to get an interview, research released Tuesday claimed. Independent research institute IZA published preliminary results of a study into the employment chances of female migrants in Germany, …
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Pig’s head hung in front of Essen mosque in Germany
A severed pig’s head has been found outside a mosque in the city of Essen in the western Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany on Friday. A caretaker at the Essen Central Mosque told police he found the bloodied head when he arrived at the mosque. Consulate General of Turkey in Essen Mustafa Kemal Başa and Essen …
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