Turkey’s Erdogan Refuses to Back Down in Feud With Germany
" Mr. Erdogan said on Friday. that The government who is hiding Turkish terrorists in Germany should first explain this,
Turkey said that doesn’t stop these games, we will have to
By PATRICK KINGSLEY and MELISSA EDDYJULY 21, 2017
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey raised the stakes in a long-running diplomatic spat with Germany on Friday, dismissing the threat of an informal German economic embargo
and rejecting calls to release several German citizens held in Turkish jails.
For his part, Mr. Erdogan is angry that Germany has granted asylum to former Turkish Army officers
and other officials accused of playing a role in last year’s coup attempt in Turkey.
Members of the Turkish diaspora in Germany were also at the center of a dispute in the spring, when German officials refused to allow Mr. Erdogan’s
political party to hold rallies for German-Turks in the run-up to a referendum in April, when Turks voted to expand the president’s powers.
" Mr. Unluhisarcikli said. that Turkey is playing a game of brinkmanship with the hope
that Germany will back down because that is what has happened in the past,
