After German trip to air base denied, Turkey explains

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s foreign minister says his country permits only military or technical teams to visit a Turkish air base central to the fight against the Islamic State group, after Germany said one of its delegations was denied a visit request.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday “we don’t approve visits to Incirlik base by nonmilitary committees, especially politicians.”

On Wednesday, German Defence Ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff said Ankara had refused a routine trip by a German deputy defence minister and a handful of German lawmakers who had wanted to visit the troops on the Incirlik air base in July.

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