Erdmann

German Ambassador Martin Erdmann

Martin Erdmann, the German Ambassador to Ankara, said on April 4 that there was "no logical place for Turkey's geopolitical location other than the Euro-Atlantic sphere," adding that he wanted to say this "on the next day of the laying ground for a Turkish-Russian nuclear power plant."

German Ambassador to Ankara Martin Erdmann met officials from the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara on Sept. 18, following an invitation made around 10 days ago, according to diplomatic sources. 

The meeting came two days after the ministry summoned Erdmann on Sept. 16 to voice condemnation over a rally held in support of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Cologne. 

Germany and Turkey have built a new mechanism for their joint fight against terrorism, as both of the governments have named figures to help coordinate joint efforts by the interior ministries of the two countries.