The relations between the two countries escalated after the arrest of the Turkish-German journalist of the Die Welt newspaper, Deniz Yucel, in Istanbul. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Turkey to release the journalist.
The German town of Gaggenau withdrew permission for a meeting where Turkish minister Bekir Bozdag had been due to speak. Bozdag canceled a meeting with his German counterpart and flew back to Turkey.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Germany of "Nazi practices" on Sunday.
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