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December 2, 2008 9:30:05 AM CST



Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

Posted Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST in World 

(Newser) – Turkish PM Recep Erdogan today visited the site of a questionable Sunday fire in Germany that killed nine ethnic Turks and inflamed tensions between the country, Der Spiegel reports. Charges that the fire was arson, and that rescue workers were slow to respond, have captured headlines in Turkey; Erdogan mourned the loss but tried to quell the anger.

The area has seen neo-Nazi activity, and two children say they saw a German-looking man start the fire. Turkish newspapers have fanned the controversy with headlines like “Nazi Panic in Germany,” but German and Turkish officials are trying to calm the storm. “Our pain is tremendous,” Erdogan said, adding, "let's all help to strengthen the friendship between Germany and Turkey.”

Source Der Spiegel

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Family members of the victims listen to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Rhineland-Palatinate's State Premier Kurt Beck during a visit at the house which burned down on February 7, 2008...   (Getty Images)
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, delivers his speech in front of a burnt out house in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 where a fire killed nine Turkish people, amongst...   (Associated Press)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds his hand on his heart during a visit at the house which burned down on February 7, 2008 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. On Sunday, February 3, the apartment...   (Getty Images)
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