Targeting Turkey: How Germany Spies on Its Friends

For more than a year during 2013-14 German officials criticised the US for the NSA's mass spying on Europeans and even Chancellor Angela Merkel. In August 2014, embarrassing revelations showed that Germany had inadvertently spied on Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and had also deliberately targeted Turkey.

On the 18 August 2014 the Turkish foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador over the reports.

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ESO: Background information: US and Germany hold restorative talks after series of spy scandals http://www.europeansources.info/record/us-and-germany-hold-restorative-talks-after-series-of-spy-scandals/

BBC News, 18.08.14: German envoy to Turkey summoned over spying allegations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28834368

Deutsche Welle, 16.08.14: Spiegel: BND focus on Turkey nets Kerry, Clinton http://dw.de/p/1CvjZ

The Guardian, 18.08.14: Turkey summons German ambassador over BND spying allegations http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/turkey-summons-german-ambassador-bnd-spying

Milliyet, 19.08.14: No need to get angry at BND's spying in Turkey (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE148860-No-need-to-get-angry-at-BND-s-spying-in-Turkey

EurActiv, 19.08.14: Turkey calls German spying 'completely unacceptable' http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/turkey-calls-german-spying-completely-unacceptable-307838

DGAP: Blog, 22.08.14: Merkel's Glass House https://ip-journal.dgap.org/en/blog/berlin-observer/merkels-glass-house

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