ISTANBUL - ''I will be on my duty as long as our government and President confide in me,'' said Turkish Ambassador to Germany Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik on Saturday.
Prior to his departure for Berlin, Irtemcelik told reporters, ''interests of journalists towards me (during the meeting between Turkish FM Abdullah Gul and German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier) disturbed me, because journalists were there to follow the meeting between the two ministers.''
Irtemcelik added, ''I have no problem with Turkish citizens in Berlin. I will be on my duty as long as our government and President confide in me.''
The newspapers claimed that Irtemcelik who had ''circular crisis'' with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not received in the meeting between Erdogan and German Foreign Minister, and also they claimed that Turkish FM Gul felt uneasy when cameras focused on Irtemcelik during German FM's meetings.
In the beginning of the week, Irtemcelik was received by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer after being scolded by Prime Minister Erdogan in front of public upon allegations of a woman wearing Islamic-style headscarf in Germany. Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs had denied claims that Irtemcelik would resign.