Turkey summons German envoy on coup claims

Turkey has summoned the top German envoy after comments from Germany's top spy on who was behind last year's failed Turkish coup.

Turkey has summoned a top diplomat from the German embassy after Germany's spy chief said at the weekend he was not convinced a US-based Muslim cleric was behind a failed coup attempt in Turkey last July.

In a statement on Tuesday, Turkey's foreign ministry said the comments from BND head Bruno Kahl published in news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday revealed a "tolerant and protectionist attitude" towards what Ankara calls the "Gulenist Terrorist Organisation".

The foreign ministry said it had summoned Berlin's charge d'affaires, a top diplomat who usually stands in when the ambassador is away.