Posted on 08/17/2016 11:37:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Germany on Wednesday tried to row back from its latest spat with Turkey, its crucial partner in efforts to stem mass migration, after Ankara lashed out over a leaked government report alleging Turkey was a hub for Islamist groups.
Turkey and Germany have had a series of rows in recent months, just as the European Union has been trying to secure Turkey's help in tackling the influx of migrants to Europe, of which Germany has taken in the bulk.
Ankara has also been incensed by criticism from the West of its crackdown following a failed coup attempt on July 15.
The government report, revealed by German public broadcaster ARD this week, said Turkey had become a hub for Islamist groups and that President Tayyip Erdogan had an "ideological affinity" to Hamas in Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and groups of armed Islamist opposition in Syria.
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all muslims will turn on the world eventually..
Turkey’s failed coup was its last hope of remaining secular. It IS going Islamicist.
Eventually?
“Turkey and Germany have had a series of rows in recent months...”
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