Turkey
summoned the German ambassador to Ankara on Saturday to voice concern
over what it said was a Kurdish militant rally in Cologne, the
foreign ministry said.
"We
condemn the organisation of a rally in the German city of Cologne by
the extensions of the PKK terrorist organisations, and the allowing
of terror propaganda. We have voiced our reaction in a strong manner
to Germany's ambassador to Ankara, who was called to the ministry,"
it said.
The
statement appeared to refer to a protest on Sept. 3 when some 25,000
Kurdish supporters demonstrated in Cologne against Turkish President
Tayyip Erdogan, some carrying posters of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed
leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is listed as a
terrorist group by the European Union and the United States, and is
banned in Germany.
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