Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed Germany over what he said was its ignorance of Israel's "genocide", famine and attacks in Gaza, at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday.
Erdogan said Israel had nuclear and other weapons with which it was using and threatening Gaza, adding Palestinian militant group Hamas had none of those.
He said Israel had once again attacked Gaza in recent days despite a ceasefire in the enclave.
"Does Germany not see these?" he said, adding it was Türkiye, Germany and other countries' humanitarian duty to end the famine and massacres in Gaza.
Meanwhile, he also noted that Türkiye d and Germany have high potential in the defense industry and must focus on joint projects.
"In light of the changing security conditions in Europe, we must leave behind problems in the procurement of defense industry products and focus on joint projects," Erdogan said, Reuters reported.
Merz was making his inaugural visit to Türkiye to discuss bilateral relations, foreign policy, and cooperation on economics, migration, and security.
