The Federal Foreign Office—i.e. the ministry of foreign affairs (MFA)—of Germany has advised the Bundestag deputies of Turkish origin to refrain from visiting Turkey, Der Spiegel newspaper of Germany reported citing its government sources.

On June 2, the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, formally recognized the Armenian Genocide, with a resolution and only one vote against and one abstention. The resolution also notes that the Bundestag regrets that the German government at the time did nothing to stop this crime against humanity, and therefore the Bundestag also acknowledges the respective historical accountability of Germany.

In response to this development, Turkey recalled its ambassador in Berlin, and said this decision by the German parliament was a mistake. Subsequently, Ankara stated that it will develop a respective “action plan” against Germany.

The German society, on the other hand, criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements against the eleven Bundestag members, who are of Turkish origin. Since they had not voted against the aforesaid resolution, Erdoğan had suggested the taking of their blood tests to find out whether they truly are Turks. This was unequivocally assessed as a threat against these MPs.

Local observers say German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now dependent on the Turkish authorities because the main route, by which the refugees were reaching Europe, has been blocked owing to Turkey.

Analysts believe that if Turkey abandon’s its respective obligations, the flow of migrants will once again flood the European Union countries, including Germany, and this will yet again create preconditions for pressuring Merkel, according to TASS news agency of Russia.