Turkey condemned Germany's summoning of its ambassador on Friday and called in Berlin's ambassador to Ankara in a tit-for-tat move amid a row over the jailing of a Turkish philanthropist for life.
Osman Kavala was sentenced on Monday after being convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.
Germany's ambassador to Ankara, Jurdgen Schulz, was also summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish diplomatic sources said, adding he was told Ankara rejected attempts to interfere in its judiciary or politics. Schulz, who was summoned by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakci, was also told that "the sentencing ruling by the independent Turkish judiciary cannot be questioned" and he was "reminded of the principle of not meddling in internal affairs", the sources added.
The Council of Europe rights watchdog this year referred Kavala's case to the European Court of Human Rights to determine whether Turkey has failed to meet its obligation to implement a previous ECHR judgment, more than two years ago, to immediately release him.
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