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| Merkel criticises Turkey's ban on MPs' visit to key air base | Merkel criticises Turkey's ban on MPs' visit to key air base |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Turkey's decision not to allow a delegation of German legislators to visit German troops stationed at the Incirlik international airbase in Turkey is regrettable. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Turkey's decision not to allow a delegation of German legislators to visit German troops stationed at the Incirlik international airbase in Turkey is regrettable. |
| She said the troops may now be moved elsewhere, with Jordan a possibility. | She said the troops may now be moved elsewhere, with Jordan a possibility. |
| Germany has about 250 troops stationed at Incirlik in southern Turkey. | Germany has about 250 troops stationed at Incirlik in southern Turkey. |
| Relations between the two Nato allies have been strained for some time over a range of issues. | Relations between the two Nato allies have been strained for some time over a range of issues. |
| German moves to give asylum to troops accused of a role in last year's failed coup are reported to have upset Turkey. | German moves to give asylum to troops accused of a role in last year's failed coup are reported to have upset Turkey. |
| Mrs Merkel said that she had made clear her government's unhappiness over the Turkish decision. Germany has already had difficulties with previous visits to Incirlik. | Mrs Merkel said that she had made clear her government's unhappiness over the Turkish decision. Germany has already had difficulties with previous visits to Incirlik. |
| Can the Incirlik base swing the anti-IS fight? (Video) | Can the Incirlik base swing the anti-IS fight? (Video) |
| "I can only repeat what I said when these difficulties first arose," she said. "The German army is a parliamentary army and so it's absolutely necessary that our MPs have opportunities to visit our soldiers." | "I can only repeat what I said when these difficulties first arose," she said. "The German army is a parliamentary army and so it's absolutely necessary that our MPs have opportunities to visit our soldiers." |
| German troops and planes at Incirlik carry out operations against so-called Islamic State (IS). | German troops and planes at Incirlik carry out operations against so-called Islamic State (IS). |
| Earlier a German foreign ministry spokesman described the decision by Turkey, a fellow Nato ally, as unacceptable. | |
| The row over preliminary German moves earlier this month to grant asylum to Turkish soldiers involved in last year's failed coup has been denounced by Turkey as actions unworthy of an ally. Turkey has urged Berlin to reconsider. | The row over preliminary German moves earlier this month to grant asylum to Turkish soldiers involved in last year's failed coup has been denounced by Turkey as actions unworthy of an ally. Turkey has urged Berlin to reconsider. |
| The two countries have been at loggerheads in recent years. | The two countries have been at loggerheads in recent years. |
| They fail to see eye-to-eye over civil rights and press freedom in Turkey and alleged Turkish persecution of its minority Kurdish population. | They fail to see eye-to-eye over civil rights and press freedom in Turkey and alleged Turkish persecution of its minority Kurdish population. |
| Turkey 'spied' on pro-Gulen opponents in Germany | Turkey 'spied' on pro-Gulen opponents in Germany |
| Erdogan anger as Germany-Turkey war of words escalates | Erdogan anger as Germany-Turkey war of words escalates |
| Germany Turkey: 30,000 Kurds in Frankfurt anti-Erdogan protest | Germany Turkey: 30,000 Kurds in Frankfurt anti-Erdogan protest |
| Merkel tells Turkey's Erdogan to stop Nazi taunts | Merkel tells Turkey's Erdogan to stop Nazi taunts |
| Germany remains concerned at the detention of German-Turkish Die Welt journalist Deniz Yucel. | Germany remains concerned at the detention of German-Turkish Die Welt journalist Deniz Yucel. |
| Last year's German parliamentary vote to label as genocide the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks also soured the mood. | Last year's German parliamentary vote to label as genocide the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks also soured the mood. |
| Relations have not been helped by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's likening of German officials to Nazis and Germany's cancellation of rallies among ethnic Turks before last month's referendum on greater powers for Mr Erdogan. | Relations have not been helped by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's likening of German officials to Nazis and Germany's cancellation of rallies among ethnic Turks before last month's referendum on greater powers for Mr Erdogan. |