By Andrea Shalal | BERLIN
Germany rejected as “absurd” on Monday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s comparison of its ban on several rallies to the Nazi era, but it also stressed the importance of ties between the two NATO allies in an attempt to defuse an escalating war of words.
Erdogan is furious over the cancellation of several political rallies aimed at drumming up support among Germany’s large ethnic Turkish population for his plans to overhaul Turkey’s constitution and win greater powers for the presidency.
On Sunday the Turkish leader accused Germany of “fascist actions” reminiscent of the
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/06/germany-rejects-erdogan039s-039absurd039-nazi-comparison-calls-for-calm/
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