German consuls will be permitted to meet with the German newspaper journalist who is arrested in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım stated, reported RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.

Relations between Berlin and Ankara have strained ever since German daily Die Welt (The World) reporter Deniz Yücel’s arrest in Istanbul. 

Turkish authorities suspect him of “membership in a terrorist organization, terrorism propaganda, and use of inaccurate information.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded from Turkey to release Deniz Yücel, who is Turkish and German citizen, and to respect freedom of the media.