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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim took a controversial detour on his visit to Germany on Saturday to stump for German-Turkish votes, ahead of a key national referendum.

A whopping 1.5 million votes are up for grab in Germany, with the biggest Turkish diaspora outside of the country.

However, many were outraged that a Turkish politician was allowed to hold a political rally as if he was in his own country.

Others criticised the event as the PM banned several German journalists and restricted those who were allowed into the political speech.