Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has crossed a line by comparing Germany’s government to the Nazis and is no longer welcome in the country, a major ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. The rebuke from Volker Bouffier, premier of Hesse state, reflected growing exasperation over Erdogan’s assertions that Germany and ...
Germany on Monday branded as “unacceptable” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s charge that Chancellor Angela Merkel was using “Nazi measures”, but signaled it wanted to avoid escalating the feud. Turkey and the European Union — especially Germany with its large Turkish diaspora — are locked in a bitter dispute as ...
