Turkey's Erdogan claims Germany abetting terrorists

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the re-opening of the Ottoman-era Yildiz Hamidiye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, August 4, 2017. Picture taken August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Monday of assisting terrorists by not responding to thousands of files sent to Berlin or handing over suspects wanted by Turkish authorities.

 

"Germany is abetting terrorists," Erdogan told a conference in the Black Sea province of Rize, in comments likely to further escalate tensions between the two countries.

 

"We gave (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel 4,500 dossiers, but have not received an answer on a single one of them," he told members of his ruling AK Party.

 

"When there is a terrorist, they can tell us to give that person back. You won't send the ones you have to us, but can ask us for yours. So you have a judiciary, but we don't in Turkey?" he said.

 

In Berlin, a German government source rejected Erdogan's latest remarks.

 

"Everything has really been said about this," said the source. "Repeating the same accusations over and over again does not make them any more true."

 

Already tense relations deteriorated further last month after Turkey arrested 10 rights activists, including a German, as part of a wider security crackdown.

 

A Turkish prosecutor has accused them of links to the network of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for a failed coup in July 2016. The U.S.-based Gulen denies any involvement.

 

Turkey accuses Germany of sheltering Kurdish and far-leftist militants as well as military officers and other people linked to the abortive coup. Berlin denies the accusations.

 

Tensions between Berlin and Ankara were already running high after the arrest of a Turkish-German journalist and Turkey's refusal to allow German lawmakers to visit troops at a Turkish air base.

 

(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by David Dolan and Andrew Bolton)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-08-08

germany is not abetting terrorists, they just simply hate turks

"Germany is abetting terrorists," and Turkey is spamming Germany: thousands of files sent to Berlin

 

Ooooh, shut up you @#$%&!

How do you solve a problem like Erdogan?

 

 

Kick Turkey out of NATO and tear up their membership of EU customs area (modified).

Sultan Recep is seeking to deflect problems by creating a foreign affairs brouhaha.  Sad, sad time for a formerly good country & people.

5 hours ago, YetAnother said:

germany is not abetting terrorists, they just simply hate turks

germans dont hate turks, since many germans are of turkish decent. but angela doesnt care about a rampaging megalomaniac. aint nobody got time for this. in the mean time the turkish beaches are deserted and the hotels empty. erdogan is throwing one tantrum after another. it used to be a really cool country and germanys most beloved holiday destination 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

So you have a judiciary, but we don't in Turkey?

What an accurate observation.

It is easy to call anyone a "terrorist" these days. 

How about those leaders who terrorize own people❗️There are quit some around the world. 

A clear sample is North Korea, but that is not the only country. 

Dictators eventually will go down and will pay for their crimes.