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German-Kurdish singer jailed in Turkey on terror charge
A German-Kurdish singer was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison in Turkey for membership of a terrorist organisation, her lawyer said.
Kurdish footballer shot at while driving down autobahn near Aachen
A professional footballer who has been accused of political crimes by Turkish authorities has said that he feared for his life after two bullets hit his car on the motorway in western Germany.
Turkish spy in Bremen plotted murder of 2 Kurds: report
Two major public broadcasters reported on Friday that a man believed to be a Turkish agent spied on two Kurdish functionaries and plotted to murder them.
Turkey's spy network in Germany 'thicker than Stasi's'
Turkey has around 6,000 informants working in Germany, which experts say means they're each monitoring more people than the Stasi did in West Germany during the Cold War.
Kurdish protesters occupy public broadcast studio
A group of 30 Kurdish people staged a nearly two-hour long occupation demonstration in a public broadcast station in Düsseldorf.
More Turks are seeking asylum in Germany
Official figures show that more Turkish people are applying for asylum in Germany - most of whom are from the Kurdish minority.
Germany heightens travel warning for Turkey
The German government has issued more severe warnings about travelling to Turkey after a string of terror attacks in the south of the country, and as Ankara intensifies conflict against two militias in Syria and Iraq.
Five siblings suspected of killing Kurdish woman
Police in northern Germany think they have found the body of an 18-year-old Kurdish woman who had gone missing in November. The police suspect that the woman’s family abducted her because they disapproved of her relationship.