Photo: DPAGermany's foreign ministry on Tuesday called in Turkey's ambassador to protest Ankara's provisional detention of a German journalist on terrorism-related charges. "It was not a formal summons, the Turkish envoy was asked in for talks," it said in a second tweet. He added the Turkish envoy was told that "these times are less than easy for Turkish-German relations, and that the Yucel case would only make everything harder". Urging the release of Yucel, Gabriel said Berlin has also demanded full consular access to the journalist. The Yucel case has sparked an outcry in Germany, with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday calling the Istanbul court's decision "bitter and disappointing".

Source: The Local March 01, 2017 08:23 UTC