Turkey’s Erdogan tells Germany to “pull itself together”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday blasts Germany telling the country to “pull itself together” after Germany’s economy minister warned companies off investing in Turkey as dispute between the two countries escalates.

Erdogan made the remarks when addressing an investment meeting in Istanbul on Friday. According to him, a German foreign ministry travel warning against Turkey was baseless and malicious. 

This is why Germany should pull itself together. I want to remind my German friends and the entire world: You are not strong enough to defame Turkey and you are never strong enough to scare us with such things, he said.

Erdogan condemned the German minister’s remarks aimed at “scaring companies investing in Turkey,” refuting claims that German companies were under investigation in Turkey.

I have asked [the issue] to our National Intelligence Organization [MİT] and our Interior Ministry, Erdoğan said. 

There isn’t any investigation or inspection on any German companies. These are all lies.

He criticized the German government for letting the militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) hold demonstrations on its soil, daring them to give account for terrorists which he said the country was harbouring.