Turkey Agrees to German Lawmaker Visit to Troops, Says Berlin

Turkey has agreed to let German lawmakers visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month as part of a NATO trip, a letter from the German foreign minister showed on Tuesday, after Ankara refused a visit there in July.


A row over access to German soldiers at Turkish bases has heightened tensions between the NATO allies and fueled a wider row with Ankara. Turkey arrested 10 human rights activists last month, including a German, in a security crackdown.

A letter from German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to the head of Germany's parliamentary defense committee said Turkey had agreed to a NATO proposal for a visit to the air base near Konya on Sept. 8, Reuters reported.
 (Tasnim)
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