BERLIN:
Turkey has given
German consular officials permission to visit
journalist Mesale Tolu, a
German citizen who has been detained on charges of advancing "terrorist propaganda", a spokesman for the
German foreign ministry said on Monday.
German-Turkish relations have come under growing strain in recent months, after Ankara denied
German parliamentarians permission to visit
German soldiers serving on Turkish soil in the anti-Islamic State coalition and the detention of Tolu and fellow
journalist Deniz Yucel on similar charges.
Yucel had previously received consur visits, but requests to visit Tolu had been repeatedly denied.
Diplomats will **w be able to visit Tolu on June 2, the spokesman said.
"We have received this information by phone, but are still waiting for written confirmation," he added.
Thousands of people have been arrested in
Turkey as part of a *****down on alleged perpetrators of last July´s failed putsch against Presidnet Tayyip Recep Erdogan.
Critics accuse him of using the dragnet to rid himself of political opponents.
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