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Poland: Thugs attack Turkish kebab shop

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Poland: Thugs attack Turkish kebab shop   Via The Austrian Times : Black and Asian England football fans at next month's Euro 2012 are at risk from racist thugs in host country Poland after a series of attacks on ethnic fast food eateries, police fear. In one attack - filmed on CCTV - the white thugs are seen beating the Turkish-born owners of a kebab shop in Opole with sticks and a chair in a frenzied attack. ( source )

Turks in Germany, �We won�t allow a cover up�

Turks in Germany, �We won�t allow a cover up� Via H�rriyet Daily News (h/t Turkish Digest ): The discovery of a neo-Nazi cell that was apparently able to go on a nationwide spree of racially motivated murders of 9 immigrants over several years, under the noses of the German intelligence services, has sent shock waves across the country. �German ministers said they were shocked. We told them we are surprised that they are surprised,� said Hilmi Kaya Turan, deputy head of the Turkish Community in Germany, or ATT, one of the hundreds of nongovernmental organizations representing the 3 million-strong Turkish-German community. �The fact that they are surprised actually frightens us,� he told a visiting Turkish parliamentary group, invited by the German government. ( source )

Netherlands: Turkish singer goes back home after Schiphol questioning

Netherlands: Turkish singer goes back home after Schiphol questioning Via DutchNews : A Dutch concert by popular Turkish singer Arif Sag was cancelled this weekend after he gave up an returned home after lengthy questioning by officials at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. According to the Telegraaf, Sag was furious at being questioned and made to wait for so long that he took the first plane back home. Turkish papers described his treatment as 'scandalous', the Telegraaf said.  ( source )