Turkish President Erdogan and Angela Merkel are likely to meet on Thursday. (File Photo)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will likely meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, the eve of a G20 summit, her spokesman said as tensions simmer between Ankara and Berlin.
Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said the talks would "likely take place tomorrow", a day before Group of 20 leaders meet in the northern port city of Hamburg.
Bilateral relations have been fraught, deteriorating sharply over Turkey's mass crackdown after a failed coup last year and a host of other civil rights controversies.
Ankara last week reacted angrily after Berlin refused to allow Erdogan to address members of the large ethnic Turkish community in a rally in Germany ahead of the G20 summit.
And on Tuesday, Turkey protested officially to Germany that an artist was allowed to set up an installation in central Berlin offering a car as a prize in exchange for killing world leaders including Erdogan.
The installation was set up outside Merkel's offices in Berlin on Monday, comprising a Mercedes C-class car and banners with pictures of Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman.
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