German travel warning for Turkey after minister’s threats

The German government criticized Turkey on Wednesday after the Turkish interior minister threatened to arrest “terrorists” and “traitors” from Germany arriving at Turkish airports.

The statement from Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was “not helpful in the current situation,” Foreign Office spokesperson Maria Adebahr said in Berlin.

According to Turkish media, Soylu told an election campaign rally on Sunday that people in Europe and Germany who attend “terrorist organization” rallies would be arrested in Turkey.

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