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Germany calls for Turkey to explain over closure of school

SHAFAQNA Branch of German embassy school in the western city of Izmir was closed by regional office of Turkish education ministry, without any explain. Germany’s embassy in Ankara on Saturday demands Turkish government to explain the reason of closure of school.

“A branch of the German embassy school was closed on June 28 by the regional office of the Turkish education ministry,” the embassy said in a statement.

“We call on the Turkish government to urgently explain the reasons for the closure of the school,” it added, stressing that the schools were an “essential” element of cultural and educational relations between the countries.

Berlin and Ankara have been working to normalise relations after a protracted period of tension between the NATO allies.

Support for Erdogan was proportionally higher among the Turkish community in Germany than it was in Turkey. That, alongside celebrations in German cities after Erdogan won the election, have drawn criticism.

Germany had angered Turkey with its criticism of Ankara’s human rights record amid its crackdown after a 2016 failed coup.

Many European Union states have condemned the arrest of tens of thousands of people including journalists over alleged links to coup-plotters and Kurdish militants.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan then accused EU member states including Germany of acting like Nazis when they refused to allow election rallies ahead of a referendum on constitutional changes to create an executive presidency in April 2017.

After Erdogan’s decisive win in last Sunday’s elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she looked forward to working with Turkey, especially with “a stable and pluralist Turkey in which democratic participation and rights are reinforced, Middle East Eye reported.

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