Erdogan slams Germany for wavering on extraditions

Turkey’s president harshly criticized Germany on Thursday, accusing the country of supporting terrorism and slamming comments by Germany’s justice minister suggesting that Berlin may not extradite suspects wanted by Turkey in cases it considers politically motivated. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked comments by German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, who said Berlin could refuse to extradite […]

Turkey’s president harshly criticized Germany on Thursday, accusing the country of supporting terrorism and slamming comments by Germany’s justice minister suggesting that Berlin may not extradite suspects wanted by Turkey in cases it considers politically motivated.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked comments by German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, who said Berlin could refuse to extradite cases related to the “so-called (post-coup) cleansing that is taking place.”
Slamming Germany’s hesitation to return prosecutors suspected of being members of the Gulen movement, Erdogan accused Germany of having “become a shelter” for terrorists and for having no regard for other countries’ national security issues.
“You will forever go down in history for supporting terrorism,” he declared.