"If Germany continues to behave as it does now, then we will consider [allowing the visit]," Cavusoglu told Die Welt newspaper in an interview, referring to the comments made by the German government's spokesman Steffen Seibert stressing that the Bundestag resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide was not legally binding.
On August 29, Cavusoglu said German officials would be able to visit the base provided the German government took steps to distance itself from the Bundestag resolution.
The Incirlik Air Base hosts six German Tornado reconnaissance jets aircraft, as well as jets from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the United States, which are participating in the US-led coalition against the Daesh, outlawed in many countries including Russia.