Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she hoped Ankara would soon lift a ban on German lawmakers visiting a Turkish airbase that was imposed amid a row over the Armenian genocide. Turkey last month stopped German MPs from visiting their troops stationed at the Incirlik base in southern Turkey. After ...
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere came out Friday in favor of a partial burqa ban amid a fierce national debate on integration. “We agree that we reject the burqa, we agree that we want to introduce a legal requirement to show one’s face in places where it is necessary ...