A row between Ankara and Berlin over a series of cancelled Turkish political rallies in Germany is continuing to escalate.On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Berlin of “aiding and harbouring” terror.He said a German-Turkish journalist detained by Turkey was a “German agent” and a member of the outlawed Kurdish militant group, the PKK.Earlier German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she respected local authorities’ decisions to cancel rallies that Turkey’s justice and economy ministers had been scheduled to address. BBC reported that Turkey is trying to woo ethnic Turkish voters ahead of a key referendum. According to BBC, some 1.4 million Turks living in Germany are eligible to vote in the April referendum, in which President Erdogan aims to win backing for sweeping new powers.
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