Turkey and Germany: Souring Relations between Strategic Allies
... grew more vocal in demanding visa-free travel for its citizens and intensification of talks on the country’s accession to the European Union. Since late 2004, Ankara has enjoyed EU candidate member status. To join the EU, each candidate state needs to ... ... intensified its activity in the country, operating through religious foundations, mosques, imams, and parishioners. Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a statement to the effect that the number of imams coming to Germany from Turkey has grown noticeably in ...
21.09.2017