Story highlights Turkish president made Nazi jibe after Germany canceled rallies in support of himBerlin rejected his comments Monday as "absolutely unacceptable"(CNN) The German government has condemned what it described as "absurd and unacceptable" comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about Nazism in the midst of a growing diplomatic spat between the two countries. Erdogan lashed out at Germany over the weekend after rallies in the city of Cologne and the town of Gaggenau in support of his government were canceled due to concerns about overcrowding. In a video on the website of Anadolu , the Turkish state news agency, Erdogan said: "I thought that Nazism was over in Germany, but it turns out that it is still going on. The Turkish president added: "My brothers; now they think that Tayyip Erdogan will come to Germany. I will come and when they won't let me enter or don't let me talk, I will set the whole world in an uproar."

Source: CNN March 06, 2017 13:04 UTC