Turkey has summoned Sweden’s envoy in an escalating row after Stockholm accused Ankara of legalising sex with children. However, the Swedish foreign ministry said it was the chargé d’affaires who was summoned by Ankara, as the ambassador was still on vacation. “A foreign minister should not tell lies and should not adopt an approach accusing Turkey,” he said. The digital sign – above an arrivals board and supplied by mass-circulation daily Kronen Zeitung – said in German “Turkey allows sex with children under 15”. The foreign ministry expressed outrage that the airport was being abused by a “discredited newspaper to spread its irresponsible, distorted and falsified messages in order to defame a friendly country”.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2016 17:13 UTC