Turkish President Erdoğan in Berlin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday received senior representatives of Germany’s largest companies and banks in Berlin.
Erdoğan is paying a three-day state visit to Germany to improve political and economic ties between the two countries.
During the meeting, Erdoğan underlined that those who have invested in Turkey have always won, while international investors will continue to win.
Senior executives of German companies expressed their investment plans in Turkey and asked for Erdoğan’s support on these plans.
Among the participants at the meeting were Rifat Hisarciklioglu, president of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey; Eric Schweitzer, president of Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Nail Olpak, head of Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), and Markus C. Slevogt, the head of the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Erdoğan is expected to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel for breakfast on Saturday and discuss Turkish-German relations as well as Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday stated that Turkey and Germany had reached a consensus to revive cooperation mechanisms between the two countries.Erdoğan is on a three-day state visit to Germany and will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel three times.Relations between the two countries have been badly strained in recent months.Erdoğan calls on Germany to extradite Gülen supporters Erdoğan also called on Berlin to extradite supporters of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) residing in Germany, the group behind the defeated 2016 coup in Turkey.He also urged Germany to designate the network of FETÖ as a terror group. Chancellor Merkel responded by saying that Germany needed more information in order to classify it as a terror group."We take very seriously the evidence Turkey provided but we need more material if we are to classify it in the same way we have classified the PKK," she said.FETÖ terrorists are led by U.S.-based Fetullah Gülen, who orchestrated Turkey's July 15 coup attempt and is the mastermind behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.Since the failed coup, operations have been ongoing in the military, police and judiciary as well as in state institutions across the country to arrest suspects with alleged links to FETÖ.Turkish journalist Can Dündar is an "agent"Describing Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist who had been convicted of espionage, as an agent, "This person is a convicted criminal according to Turkish law," Erdogan said.In May, 2016, the 14th High Criminal Court in Istanbul had convicted Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet daily, following the publication of images purporting to show arms being transported to Syria in trucks belonging to Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, also known as the MIT.Four way meeting in SyriaMerkel said that she agreed with Erdoğan to aim for holding a four-way meeting in October to discuss the situation of the opposition-held Syrian region of Idlib."We also talked about Idlib and we will talk in more depth tomorrow. We are in favour of there being a four way meeting between the Turkish president, the Russian president, the French president and me," Merkel said.Turkish president received with military honors in BerlinErdoğan's Germany visit to be milestone: Turkish FM
Turkey, Germany reach consensus to revive cooperation mechanisms, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Germany will be "a milestone to open a new page" in bilateral relations, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday.Erdoğan arrived in Berlin on Thursday for a three-day high-profile state visit aiming to improve political and economic relations between the two countries.During his visit, Erdoğan will meet his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and will hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.Speaking to reporters following a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also said the Idlib agreement between Turkey and Russia was "an achievement of Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was also supported by Iran".On Sept. 17, Turkey and Russia agreed on a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib.Turkey and Russia also signed a memorandum of understanding calling for the "stabilization" of Idlib's de-escalation zone, in which acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.Under the pact, opposition groups in Idlib are to remain in areas where they are already present, while Russia and Turkey will carry out joint patrols in the area to ward off renewed fighting.Video: President Erdoğan arrives in Germany for state visit"Everybody knows what Turkey has been doing about migration but we also told them in all meetings, including bilateral meetings, that they have to be more sensitive about burden-sharing," Çavuşoğlu said."We have received strong support from everybody we have met. Even in the meetings that we did not attend, everybody including [U.S. President Donald] Trump thanked Turkey," Çavuşoğlu added."The U.S. has cut aids to UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees [UNRWA]. Turkey is collaborating with other countries to meet the deficit," Çavuşoğlu added.On Aug. 31, Washington cut all its funding to UNRWA, to which the U.S. had been -- by far -- the largest contributor. Established in 1949, UNRWA provides critical aid to Palestinian refugees in the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.Turkey important counter-terror partner, Germany saysErdoğan arrives in Germany for first state visitErdoğan urges fresh start in Turkish-German relations
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Germany’s interior minister on Thursday hailed Turkey as an important counterterror partner.Horst Seehofer met his Turkish counterpart Süleyman Soylu in Berlin, ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday.“Today I have met my Turkish counterpart for the first time. We had a constructive exchange on further steps in our cooperation,” Seehofer wrote on Twitter, following the meeting.“For us, Turkey is an important partner in fight against terrorism,” he stressed.Erdoğan arrives in Germany for first state visitRelations between Ankara and Berlin have suffered setbacks in past years, but both sides have taken steps in recent months towards improving ties.Seehofer, who also leads the Christian Social Union (CSU), a sister party of Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), has been an influential figure in the government.Soylu is accompanying Turkish President Erdoğan in his three-day state visit to Germany.Ahead of his official talks in Berlin, Erdoğan called on German authorities to show more solidarity with Turkey in its fight against outlawed and terrorist groups.“We expect Germany to extend its support to Turkey in its fight against terrorist groups such as FETÖ, PKK and DHKP-C, which are also a threat to Germany’s domestic security and target German citizens,” the president said.Germany’s reluctance to take serious measures against terrorist groups such as the PKK and the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) has been a source of tension between the two countries in the last two years.Both terrorist groups use Germany, which is home to more than three million migrants from Turkey, as a platform for their propaganda fundraising and recruitment activities.
Turkey important counter-terror partner, Germany says