{"id":8986,"date":"2017-03-08T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/germany-warns-turkey-over-nazi-jibes-amid-referendum-row\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T11:08:04","slug":"germany-warns-turkey-over-nazi-jibes-amid-referendum-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/germany-warns-turkey-over-nazi-jibes-amid-referendum-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany warns Turkey over Nazi jibes amid referendum row"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A view of the Turkish consulate after Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to supporters of the upcoming referendum in Turkey on 7 March 2017 in Hamburg, Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8A9A\/production\/_95028453_ff1a88f6-03f0-4ba4-898b-d1b9beaa139e.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      The Turkish foreign minister (top middle) addressed crowds from Turkish consular residence in Hamburg, after German authorities banned a scheduled rally                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Comparisons with Nazi Germany are &quot;lines that should not be crossed&quot;, the German foreign minister has warned his Turkish counterpart as they met to try to defuse a bitter row.<\/p>\n<p>But Sigmar Gabriel also emphasised his wish to return to &quot;friendly relations&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Germany of &quot;Nazi practices&quot; because of the cancellation of rallies involving Turkish ministers.<\/p>\n<p>He is seeking new constitutional powers in a 16 April referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu repeated the Nazi comparison on a visit to Hamburg aimed at drumming up support among some of the 1.4 million Turkish voters who live in Germany. <\/p>\n<p>The Dutch and Austrian governments have also criticised the Turkish government&#039;s drive to take its referendum campaign to Turks based in EU countries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey&#039;s Erdogan makes Nazi jibe over Germany rally ban<\/li>\n<li>Turkey says &#039;No&#039; to saying &#039;No&#039;, ahead of its referendum<\/li>\n<li>Why is German-Turkish reporter in detention?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the Nazi jibe as &quot;unacceptable&quot; and Mr Gabriel echoed her sentiment after a breakfast meeting in Berlin with Mr Cavusoglu.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Gabriel was also keen to stress the former &quot;success&quot; of the two nations&#039; ties, and stressed his intention to avoid lasting damage to them.<\/p>\n<p>Relations have deteriorated since last July&#039;s attempted coup in Turkey - with Germany critical of the mass arrests and purges that followed, while Turkey has bridled at its EU neighbours&#039; perceived lack of support.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest row, Mr Cavusoglu accused German authorities of &quot;systematic pressure&quot; on German-based Turks. He said Germany should not give Turkey &quot;democracy and human rights lessons&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking from the balcony of Turkey&#039;s consular residence in Hamburg on Tuesday evening after the building originally scheduled for the rally was closed by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gabriel said such decisions were down to local authorities and often based on safety considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Another contentious subject raised at Wednesday morning&#039;s meeting, according to Mr Gabriel, was the fate of Deniz Yucel, a German-Turkish journalist working for Die Welt who has been detained in Turkey for alleged terrorism propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cavusoglu agreed to give Germany consular access to the reporter, Mr Gabriel said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-39203624 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption The Turkish foreign minister (top middle) addressed crowds from Turkish consular residence in Hamburg, after German authorities banned a scheduled rally Comparisons with Nazi Germany are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}