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Interviewing Der Spiegel right ahead of Çavuşoğlu’s visit to Germany, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Gabriel said that they will not approve arms sales to Turkey as long as Deniz Yücel remains in prison.

In his statement concerning release of eight rights defenders including IT specialist Peter Steudtner, German FM Gabriel has said, “The releases are an encouraging signal, a first step”.

German FM Gabriel has said that people had left messages with threats on an answering machine in a dentist clinic where his wife works, and added, “The way Erdogan does this motivates some people to try to harass and bother my wife”.

PM Yıldırım has said “I hereby call on German authorities: let us act calmer and deliberately” with respect to Germany FM Gabriel’s statements”.