The Turkish foreign Minister called on Germany to decide friend or foe, she believes Ankara
Mevlut Cavusoglu pointed out that his performance in Hamburg was moved to the residence of the Turkish Consul “under pressure” from local authorities.
BERLIN, March 8. /Offset. TASS Vyacheslav Filippov/. Turkey believes that prohibitions on speech in Germany, Turkish politicians do not correlate with basic human rights. This was stated in Berlin, foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
We need to respect each other. We ask Germany to decide who to her Turkey — friend or fragment Cavusoglu Turkish foreign Minister
“Turkey is worried about its citizens abroad, this applies to all countries,” — said the Minister. He pointed to the fact that his performance in Hamburg, which “was scheduled to be held in the hall” was moved to the residence of the Turkish Consul “under pressure” from local authorities.
“It’s not consistent with human rights and the basic values of the EU”, — said the head of Department.
The Turkish Minister also said that the meeting with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel, which took place on Wednesday, “was held in a friendly atmosphere.” Cavusoglu said that in a short time the German foreign Minister will visit Turkey.
Previously, Germany was banned two statements of the Turkish politicians who had to campaign for amendments to the Constitution. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared such bans with a policy of the Nazis.
In turn, Chancellor Angela Merkel called such comparisons are inappropriate and noted that they “diminish the gravity of the crimes committed by the national socialists”.