“Now they have a foreign minister who does not know his limits. Who are you to talk to the President of Turkey? Talk to the Foreign Minister of Turkey. Know your limits. He is trying to teach us a lesson. What is your background in politics? How old are you?” Erdoğan said speaking at his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) provincial advisory council meeting in the Aegean province of Denizli.

Erdoğan said he had sent the dossiers of some 4,500 suspects in Germany to Chancellor Angela Merkel for extradition but they had not been accepted.

„And she wanted one or two people to be sent home by me. Forgive me but you have your legal system and so do we,“ Erdoğan said.