Turkey summons German diplomat over BND chief remarks on Gülen

Turkey has summoned the German Embassy's Chargé D'Affairs to its Foreign Ministry in reaction to the German Federal Intelligence Service's (BND) statements that they have not been convinced the Fethullahist movement was behind the July 2016 coup attempt. 

 "All evidence consisting of detainees' statements, records of communication before and after the coup attempt and the FETÖ-linked civilians  caught at Akıncılar air base lay forth the relationship between the putschists and FETÖ," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement late March 21. 

Last weekend, BND head Bruno Kahl told Der Spiegel news magazine that Germany had yet to be convinced of the group's involvement in the coup attempt.  
      
Ankara, however, insists the organization was behind the coup attempt, which resulted in 249 deaths.
        
EU Minister Ömer Çelik told private broadcaster Haber Türk that Kahl's statement indicated Germany would protect a group that Turkey - its NATO ally - considered a terrorist organization.  He also said Kahl's comments were "strange," as intelligence chiefs usually avoided being under the spotlight.
      
[HH] Turkey slams Netherlands for PKK meeting
 
In a separate written statement late March 21, the Turkish Foreign Ministry slammed the Netherlands for allowing the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to hold a rally on the occasion of celebrating Nevruz. 

The Nevruz festival, which marks the start of a new year, has been celebrated for more than 18 centuries across Anatolia, the Middle East and central Asia.       
 
 "It is unacceptable for the Netherlands to allow a terrorist organization to hold an event where slogans were made against a referendum to be held in our country," it said.  ...