Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday
Germany had become a haven for terrorists and would be "judged by
history", accusing it of failing to extradite supporters of a
U.S.-based cleric Ankara blames for July's failed military
coup.
He said Germany had long harbored militants from the Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for
Kurdish autonomy, and far-leftists from the DHKP-C, which has
carried out armed attacks in Turkey.
"We don't have any expectations from Germany but you will be
judged in history for abetting terrorism ... Germany has become an
important haven for terrorists," Erdogan told a ceremony at his
palace in the capital Ankara.
"We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and
DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror
organization."