Monday, April 23, 2007

Tackle ”unacceptable intolerance”, Merkel urges Turkey

BBC: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Turkey to tackle "unacceptable intolerance" in the country, following the killings of three Christians.

In a newspaper interview, Mrs Merkel called on the Turkish authorities to combat the "climate in which such terrible murders are possible".

The Christians, one of whom was German, were found with their throats slit in south-eastern Turkey on 18 April. Germany urges Turkey over murders (Read on)

Mark Alexander