The stage where the Turkish minister was set to speak in Gaggenau. Turkey's justice minister said Thursday he scrapped a visit to Germany after authorities there blocked a rally promoting a referendum that could expand President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag had scrapped his visit to Germany after the authorities blocked a rally where we was set to speak to the Turkish community in Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg, late on Thursday. "That meeting with (the German justice minister) will not take place. I will return to Turkey," Bozdag said while on an official visit to Strasbourg, in remarks carried by N-tv.

Source: The Local March 03, 2017 07:57 UTC