German Foreign Minister Franck-Walter Steinmeier has met the Turkish President on a day when relations between the two partners appeared tense. Steinmeier faced a tirade from his opposite number about what he called the EU’s “two-faced” attitude towards his country.<br /><br /> Thorny issues also include migrants, human rights after July’s failed coup, and refusal by Berlin to extradite coup suspects.<br /><br /> “I’m here to get own impression of what has happened on the 15th of July here around this parliament. I want to assure you that we in Germany have great respect for the people of Turkey who were defending their democratic institutions here this night. Thanks,” said Steinmeier.<br /><br /> Few smiles appeared at the meeting, but the earlier dialogue with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who told him Turkey was “fed up” had been much worse.<br />
