Turkey on Saturday condemned Germany for allowing rally of PKK supporters, describing the move as “hypocrisy.”
"This hypocritical approach we strongly condemn is not in tune with democracy, fight against terrorism and with the anticipation of normalization in Turkish-German relations," Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.
Recalling Germany’s ban on Turkish politicians, who wanted to carry out rallies ahead of June 24 parliamentary and presidential elections, the ministry said the rule needs to apply on all political parties.
In April, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas had said that his country would not allow Turkish politicians to carry out election campaign rallies.
Turkish opposition HDP, which government accused of being a political front for PKK, held a rally in German city of Cologne on Saturday.
Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, the PKK has waged a wide-ranging terror campaign against the Turkish state since the mid-1980s, in which an estimated 40,000 people have been killed.
