Germany Warns of Turkey's Refusal to Accredit Journalists

The foreign ministry updated its travel advice late Saturday for Germans planning to go to Turkey. It said Turkish authorities refused to issue to several journalists the permits needed to report from the country.

The ministry said "as such, it can't be ruled out that the Turkish government will take further measures against representatives of German media as well as civil society organizations", AP reported.

It also cited Turkey's "arbitrary arrest" in recent years of German citizens suspected of links to banned groups, such as the network of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen living in the US. Turkey accuses followers of Gulen of being behind a failed 2016 coup.

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