Bild:

“No wonder Erdogan doesn't take us seriously”

Steinmeier is meeting Erdogan in Ankara today.

Amnesty:

“In recent weeks, restrictions on forms of expression in support of Palestinians have increased in France.

Banning or cancellation of public events, accusations of “apology of terrorism”, criticizing the policy of the State of Israel becomes difficult.”

A Turkish-German scientist discovered the most effective COVID vaccine.
A turkish-German moviemaker was nominated for an Oscar.
Millions of guest workers helped build the German “Wirtschaftswunder”.

And the German president brings a döner kebap maker to Turkey 🥙🫠

Has something actually happened to this gentleman that he is so vocally afraid? Every time I hear comments from him for months he’s describing how afraid and unsafe he feels.

It is a little bit unbecoming and seems as though he is trying to direct attention towards himself.

Erdogan meets Masoud Barzani in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil

A Turkish shopkeeper protests German President Steinmeier in Istanbul by playing a song called 'Leve Palestina' (Long Live Palestine)

Erdogan arrives in Erbil, and is personally welcomed by the president the Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani

The U.S. assessed that Israelis have killed or injured nearly 80,000 Palestinians in Gaza -- accounting for 3% of the population.

— ABC News

Here is the list of 26 deals Turkey’s Erdogan signed with Iraq today, including military and defence industry cooperation, and military training agreements:

1- Strategic Framework for Joint Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the

NEW: Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and UAE sign transportation deal that hopes to connect Gulf to Europe

• Rival to US/Israel-backed India - Middle East Corridor (IMEC)

• Erdogan also signed 26 agreements with Iraq today.

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Trivial controversy of the day: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier first visited Istanbul and met mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu before paying an official visit to Ankara and meeting Erdogan.

Meanwhile Erdogan is in Baghdad

Erdogan today is visiting Baghdad for the first time in 12 years. He met prime minister Sudani and scheduled to meet his Iraqi counterpart

Turkish Treasury Ministry has been forced to release a statement to explain that Simsek used “locals” in his speech in the context of “local investors”.

A translation of Simsek’s speech in Washington provoked an online outcry in which Simsek was accused of working for

Turkish, Iraqi and Kurdish flags in Iraq’s Erbil today for Erdogan’s visit first time in many years

Iran says Israeli attack was insignificant, militarily worthless

You can translate it as “fear not” to make it more poetic, but it is literally “do not fear!” in Turkish. Anyways, this tweet got viral for some reason.