Volker Schwenck, a TV journalist for public broadcaster ARD, was detained on Tuesday after arriving in Turkey and appears set to be expelled from the country.
A German comedian whose satirical poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unleashed a bitter row about freedom of speech has decided to suspend his own TV show, he announced on his Facebook page on Saturday.
Colleagues of satirist Jan Böhmermann at public broadcaster ZDF are campaigning to have his 'slanderous' poem about Turkey’s leader reinstated online - even as legal action looms against the comedian.
TV satirist Jan Böhmermann has cancelled his regular show for this week as he faces potential legal action from the German government and Turkish President over a "libellous poem".
Germany’s hippest young comedian faces a jail sentence of up to five years if Turkey decides to press charges over a poem he wrote insulting its head of state.
The first Syrians arrived in Germany from Istanbul on Monday under a controversial EU-Turkey migrant exchange pact, an official from the German federal refugee office told AFP.
Germany's interior minister voiced optimism Sunday that Europe's refugee influx had peaked but said agreements with North African countries may be needed to prevent mass arrivals in future.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz said on Sunday that the EU must make no concessions to Turkey over human rights but voiced confidence in a deal with Ankara to manage the refugee crisis.
Germany said on Friday it would take in the first Syrian refugees under an EU-Turkey pact drawing fire from rights groups, as violence broke out in a Greek camp on the front line of the crisis.
Satire show extra3 caused a diplomatic incident last week with a video mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In this week's episode the japesters decided to double down.
The German government sharply dismissed Turkey's demand that a satire video mocking President Recep Tayyip Erdogan never be shown again, declaring freedom of the press "is not negotiable".
Germany's top diplomat in Ankara has been summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry for a telling-off after public broadcaster NDR mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a comic song.
Three suspected Islamic State members arrested in Turkey were planning attacks on Germany's diplomatic missions or
schools in the country, which were closed last week over a terror threat, Turkish media reported Wednesday.
German diplomatic missions and a school in Turkey were closed on Thursday after receiving a terror threat, the Foreign Ministry announced, less than a week after a suicide car bomb attack in the Turkish capital.
Germany's Angela Merkel said Wednesday a planned EU-Turkey deal offers the first "real chance" to end the migrant crisis but cautioned that the bloc won't seek agreement at any cost.
Chancellor Angela Merkel refused on Monday to put her name to a joint EU statement that would have declared the Balkan route closed to refugees, as tens of thousands of asylum seekers remain stranded in Greece.
Russian bombing in Syria against opponents of the brutal regime of President Bashar al-Assad has "enabled the peace process" to get started, a former top-ranked German general said on Friday.
Germany's Interior Ministry announced Thursday that it would extend spot checks on the country's borders for three months into May as large numbers of refugees continue to arrive, while Nato announced sea patrols between Greece and Turkey.
Syrian refugees will still be able to travel to the European Union from Turkey following a deal for Ankara to shut its borders in exchange for EU cash, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she had obtained a pledge from Turkey to "do everything" to cut the record number of migrants arriving in Europe.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will press Turkey to step up to its "key role" in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe, when she hosts Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu for talks Friday.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday that a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul which killed ten Germans was not aimed specifically at German citizens.
