President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after his presidential election win on Sunday, Macron’s office said on Tuesday. “The French president has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and wished the Turkish people success in the economic and social development of their country and in the democratic functioning of their institutions,” an Elysee Palace source…
The official results reveal that no less than 74.9% of Belgians of Turkish origin voted for Erdogan in the recent election. 142,453 Belgian voters of Turkish origin voted and the participation amounted to 53.6%. Voters in the Netherlands (72.8%) and Austria (72.1%) also overwhelmingly voted for Erdogan. In Germany, where Turkey has nearly 1.5 million…
A major dialogue to reform the organization and financing of Islam in France will take place in each department from now until September 15, announced Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. These “territorial foundations of French Islam” must involve the “actors on the ground” in order to improve Islam’s representation, the financing of its places of worship…
