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Turkey-Germany Relations At New Low After Erdogan Makes Nazi Comparison

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the same day he said that German government practices are "no different than the Nazi ones of the past." Yasin Bulbul/AP hide caption

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Turkey-Germany Relations At New Low After Erdogan Makes Nazi Comparison

March 6, 2017 • After Germany canceled a Turkish political rally in the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likened the German government to the Nazis.

Germany Is Scrapping Law That Bans Insulting Foreign Leaders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet says it is scrapping the controversial law against insulting foreign heads of state. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption

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Germany Is Scrapping Law That Bans Insulting Foreign Leaders

January 25, 2017 • Justice Minister Heiko Mass called the law "obsolete and unnecessary." Last year, the law was invoked in a controversial case against a comedian because of a lewd poem criticizing Turkey's leader.

'Merkel' Has Become A Verb In German Youth Vernacular

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'Merkel' Has Become A Verb In German Youth Vernacular

August 26, 2015 • The German chancellor's last name is used locally as a word of action that ironically means to not act at all.

Germany's Merkel To Visit U.S. Amid Anger Over NSA Spying

President Obama walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2013. Relations between the two allies are strained after documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, suggested the agency had spied on Merkel and other world leaders. Ivan Sekretarev/AP hide caption

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Germany's Merkel To Visit U.S. Amid Anger Over NSA Spying

January 8, 2014 • The trip would mark a thawing of relations between the allies that were strained by reports the National Security Agency spied on the German chancellor. A German government spokesman said Wednesday Angela Merkel would visit Washington in the coming months.

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Why Germany Keeps Saying No

June 13, 2012 • It's not just money. Germany fears a lack of control. German leaders think if they intertwine themselves more closely with the rest of Europe — without having some control over the actions of other countries — they will once again be on the hook for bailing out their neighbors.