Turkey minister defends 'Nazi' comments
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Turkey's foreign minister has defended Turkish comments accusing Berlin of "Nazi practices," saying no German politician was being called a "Nazi."
Mevlut Cavusoglu insisted Thursday that the German authorities' cancellation of a series of rallies, which Turkish Cabinet ministers had planned to address in support of a referendum to increase the Turkish president's powers, "were reminiscent" of that era.
"No one has said (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel is a Nazi or (German Foreign Minister) Signar Gabriel is a Nazi," Cavusoglu said. "We have not called anyone a Nazi. Our President made a comparison in reference to certain practices."
He added: "The trend in Europe at the moment reminds us of pre-World War II Europe."
Earlier, Merkel said Turkish comments making comparison to "Nazi practices" cannot be tolerated.
