(MENAFN) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her country will have no choice but to cut its economic ties with Turkey to raise pressure its NATO partner into releasing German citizens it imprisoned on political grounds.
Both countries have their relations strained by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on opponents after a failed coup last year.
However, Turkey and Germany are at odds over Berlin's refusal to extradite asylum seekers after Erdogan accused them of involving in the botched coup against him.
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