Germany on Thursday vowed stinging measures impacting tourism and investment in Turkey and a full overhaul of their troubled relations, signalling its patience has snapped after Ankara's arrests of human rights activists.
The foreign ministry stepped up its travel advisory for the NATO ally, warning it could no longer guarantee its citizens' safety amid arbitrary mass arrests, a step set to impact Turkey's crucial tourism sector.
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a day after summoning Turkey's ambassador, returned from holidays to Berlin to deliver his unusually strong comments towards President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
-AFP, Berlin
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