Germany criticizes mass detentions in Turkey
The German government has criticized the detention of more than 1,000 people in Turkey as part of the probe into last year's coup attempt.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman says that Germany believes the failed coup needs to be fully investigated "but the measures must adhere to the rule of law."
Sebastian Fischer told reporters in Berlin that "we don't believe arresting 1,000 people so long after the putsch is really proportionate."
Turkish police launched simultaneous operations across the country, detaining people with suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Relations between Berlin and Ankara have worsened in recent years amid a number of spats, including the arrest of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel in Istanbul.
