ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish foreign ministry summoned Denmark’s ambassador on Friday over authorities’ permission of a protest in Copenhagen scheduled for Friday, ministry sources said.
One source from the ministry said Ankara strongly condemned “provocative act that constitutes a hate crime,” which included an “assault” on the Muslim holy book Koran. The ministry asked for reversal of the permission for the demonstration, the sources said.
A protest including the burning a copy of Koran last week near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm by an anti-immigrant Danish/Swedish politician from the far-right fringe drew strong condemnation from Ankara.
(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay)
