German press reports suggest the country’s intelligence agency spied on Turkey for years.<br /><br />Turkey has summoned Germany’s ambassador over the allegations.<br /><br />Der Spiegel magazine said Berlin had identified Ankara as a top surveillance target, citing a 2009 government document.<br /><br />Turkey’s foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said: “If these claims are true, the German authorities must give an official and satisfactory explanation on the reports in the German media and end these activities immediately.”<br /><br />German Chancellor Angela Merkel is no stranger to spying. She was furious when she found out her mobile phone had been tapped by the US National Security Agency. <br /><br />“It is the case that I don’t publicise the details of the work of the German [intelligence] agencies,” Merkel said in a statement.<br /><br />“What is necessary will be said and discussed in the parliamentary supervisory committee [PKGR] and there, as far as it is necessary, the parliamentary body will be given what further information they need,” she added.<br /><br />After her mobile phone scandal,Merkel famously said, “spying among friends is not at all acceptable.”<br /><br />Turkey’s largest trading partner in the EU is NATO ally Germany.
