Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/Files
DW: Germany blocks Erdogan rally around Hamburg G20
Turkish President Erdogan has been denied a request to address a rally of supporters in Germany on the sidelines of the G20 summit. German-Turkish relations have sunk from bad to worse over the past year.
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel confirmed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's request to address Turkish citizens living in Germany on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg next week would be rejected.
"We are telling Turkey that we are convinced that such an appearance in Germany is not possible," he said, citing provisions in Germany's Constitution as justification.
"Our country is an open country, but we do not have the intention of allowing other countries' domestic conflicts to be imported into our population," said Gabriel, who also serves as deputy to Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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WNU Editor: Turkey has condemned this German ban .... Turkey says German comments on Erdogan's planned rallies "unacceptable" (Reuters).
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