Photo: DPATurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Germany on Sunday for blocking rallies in support of him ahead of a vote on boosting his powers, likening the ban to "Nazi practices". "Germany, you are not even close to democracy," Erdogan told a women's rally in Istanbul. "Your practices are not different from the Nazi practices of the past." He added: "I thought it's been a long time since Germany left (Nazi practices). "That man is a terrorist, not a journalist," Erdogan told another Istanbul rally, as he accused Berlin of "putting my ministers on the same scale" with him.

Source: The Local March 06, 2017 07:58 UTC