ANKARA (Sputnik) — On Monday, Hamburg canceled Tuesday’s appearance of the Turkish foreign minister at a pre-referendum campaign rally over fire safety issues of the venue.
"It’s a system of pressure. They make owners of hotels and venues to cancel the arrangements. They tried to revoke the license of the wedding salon in Hamburg. I will go. No one will stop me," Cavusoglu said, as cited by the CNN Turk channel.
On March 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared German authorities with Nazis for banning Ankara’s campaign rallies on German soil. The German government condemned the remarks as unacceptable, unjustifiable and uncalled-for.
Erdogan has been seeking Turkish expats' support of a constitutional change that will give him greater powers. The referendum on the amendment is scheduled for April 16.