A spat between Ankara and Berlin over the extent to which Turks should integrate into German society is continuing to simmer with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan referring to "bigotry" in Germany.
Speaking to his party base in Turkey on Wednesday (13 February), Mr Erdogan said: "if we do what [German Chancellor] Merkel wants, then we will lose our identity."
According to a report in Financial Times Deutschland, the Turkish leader referred to Istanbul and Ismir, two cities that...
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