Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at at Cologne’s airport, on September 29, 2018 in Cologne, where he is to inaugurate the Central Mosque, one of Europe’s largest. The inauguration was the closing event of a three-day state visit aimed at repairing frayed ties between Turkey and Germany. “As a president, I could not stomach the fact that he was alienated,” the Turkish leader told the audience. The mosque visit followed a state banquet Friday that many German opposition politicians skipped. Germany and Turkey have clashed over numerous issues in recent years, including Turkey’s jailing of German journalists.

Source: thestar September 29, 2018 21:45 UTC