Germany and Turkey should enhance dialogue and cooperation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview to RTL and N-TV.

According to her, Germany has strategic interest in a sound economic development of Turkey.

Asked to comment on German-Turkish current relationships, she recalled that 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany, which binds both countries in a special way.

Meanwhile, according to her, there are serious disagreements with Ankara on some issues, for example, regarding the detention of German citizens in Turkey.