Türkiye protests German politician's insult of President Erdogan

Türkiye has strongly condemned a senior German official's insult of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"We condemn in the strongest terms the insulting statements made by Wolfgang Kubicki, the vice-speaker of the German Federal Parliament, on our President (Erdogan) in a speech during the Lower Saxony state election campaign," Anadolu Agency quotes Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic as saying in a statement on September 27.

Emphasizing that Kubicki's statements are "unacceptable", Ankara stressed that he "is not suitable for the position of vice-speaker of the parliament".

"He is completely devoid of political morality and responsibility," Bilgic said while adding that such "indecent statements essentially give an idea of Kubicki's political and moral level, and reveal his vulgarity".

Bilgic also noted that Germany's Ambassador to Ankara Jurgen Schulz was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and a "strong" protest by Ankara was delivered.