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Turkey's foreign minister has said if a far-right, anti-immigrant German party wanted to campaign in Turkey, it would be free do to so.        

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on April 15 that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) would -- if it came -- be allowed to hold a rally in Istanbul's huge Yenikapı meeting arena, Anadolu Agency reported.

There are no problems with charter flights from Russia to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, adding that a Turkish delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek will visit Moscow to discuss bilateral economic issues on April 18. 

Turkey's foreign minister said on April 8 that in the absence of strong follow-up efforts, the U.S. missile strike on Syrian regime base could amount to nothing but a "cosmetic" move that accomplishes little. 

In a speech in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, "The ideal solution is a political solution." 

The arrest of a senior Turkish banker by U.S. authorities will be discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when he visits Ankara on March 30, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 29.  

Because of our general state of anger and outbursts of heroism, we cannot find the time to see the big picture and review ourselves. 

Religious wars will soon begin in Europe, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said, commenting on the outcome of the Dutch parliamentary elections.

“You have started to cause Europe to collapse, you are taking Europe to a cliff," he said, according to Turkey's Anadolu agency.

Representatives from Turkey's top business organizations have condemned a Dutch move to prevent Turkish ministers from visiting the country, describing the move as "unacceptable" while calling for diplomacy to end the crisis.

The Netherlands has canceled a flight clearance for Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on March 11, which caused reaction from Turkey, after Çavuşoğlu said hours earlier that Turkey would impose "severe sanctions" against the Dutch state.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will travel to Rotterdam in the Netherlands on March 11 for a "meeting with citizens" campaign event ahead of the April 16 referendum, despite continued opposition to the visit from the Dutch government.

Turkey and Germany's foreign ministers staged a "very tough" but "friendly" meeting in Berlin on March 8 in a bid to defuse recent tension over Turkish ministers' visits to Germany to campaign for thane upcoming referendum, with the two sides agreeing to pursue greater normalcy.