Photo: DPAGermany said Thursday it had rejected a request by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address ethnic Turks in Germany next week on the sidelines of a G20 summit. The Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement that "it is regrettable that German politicians make unacceptable remarks motivated it seems by political calculations". The spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Erdogan said there was "nothing more natural" than the president meeting Turks in Germany. "The attitude of Germany is unacceptable," AKP spokesman Mahir Unal told NTV television, adding that Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu would continue contacts on the issue. "I don't want Mr Erdogan, who is jailing members of the opposition and journalists in Turkey, to hold large-scale events in Germany," Schulz told the Bild newspaper.

Source: The Local June 29, 2017 11:37 UTC