Turkish Prime Minister and the
leader of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Binali
Yildirim (C) waves after giving his speech during an AK Party’s group meeting
at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara, on February 28,
2017.<br />ADEM ALTAN / AFP
“I have a telephone call with the
German chancellor at 3:00 pm (1200 GMT),” Yildirim told a rally in the central
Turkish province of Kirsehir where he was campaigning for a “Yes” vote in the
April 16 referendum to boost President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers.
The Turkish public will decide
whether to approve constitutional changes that will expand the role of the head
of state and remove the office of the premier.
Turkey and Germany have been
locked in a war of words this week after German towns blocked events where
Turkish ministers sought to address Turks living there about the vote.
Turkish Justice Minister
Bekir Bozdag was due to speak in Gaggenau in western Germany on Thursday but it
was cancelled, while the town of Frechen on the outskirts of Cologne scrapped a
rally that had been scheduled for Sunday.
Elsewhere, Cologne city authorities withdrew permission for a hall
to be used for a speech by Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci. Yildirim
said the moves were “an unfortunate decision against democracy, freedoms”.
“I invite the German authorities to look (again) at these
attitudes which are incompatible with good relations between two countries,” he
added.
The premier accused Germany of allowing “nay-sayers” against the
vote and “terrorists” to rally while blocking the “Yes” vote campaigners, which
he said was not acceptable.
In a defiant tone, he told the Kirsehir rally: “Our citizens in
Germany will give them a lesson in democracy.” Earlier in the day, Bozdag had
accused Merkel of failing to criticise the municipalities’ decision to block
the events.
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