Germany calls in Turkish ambassador over journalist detention
‘The German Foreign Ministry has called in Turkey’s ambassador in protest at Ankara’s provisional detention of a journalist with Germany’s Die Welt newspaper over terrorism-related accusations.
On Tuesday, the ministry initially tweeted that State Secretary Walter Lindner had “summoned” the Turkish ambassador to Germany, Ali Kemal Aydin. Later, it clarified in a second tweet that the ambassador had been “asked in.”
“It was not a formal summons, the Turkish envoy was asked in for talks,” the second tweet read.
The news came after a court in Istanbul ordered provisional detention for Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yucel on Monday.’
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