Germany cannot scare Turkey with 'threats': Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told Germany it cannot scare Ankara with threats, in an escalating row over a wave of arrests that prompted Berlin to step up warnings to German tourists and investors."They (Germany) cannot scare us with these threats, they should know this," Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul."You (Germany) do not have the power to smear Turkey... or the power to scare us," he added.