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Germany’s Gabriel hits back at Erdogan with call to back Turkish democracy

Germany and the rest of Europe should back the "democratically minded" majority of Turks who do not support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Germany's foreign minister said in remarks likely to hurt Berlin's relations with Ankara further. The comments by Sigmar Gabriel at a campaign event on Monday evening for his Social Democratic Party (SPD) represented a hardening of Berlin's position towards its NATO ally and came after Erdogan urged German Turks to boycott Germany's main parties in a vote on Sept. 24.


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