File photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addressing the media after talks in Berlin February 4, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Germany Has Spied On Turkey Since 1976: Focus Magazine -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Germany's foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said on Saturday in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies.

The details about the duration of possible surveillance and on the decision-making surrounding it go further than first reports earlier this week.

Turkey summoned Germany's ambassador in Ankara on Monday after media reports that Berlin had identified Ankara as a top target of surveillance in a government document from 2009 and had been spying on Turkey for years.

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More News On Reports That Germany Spied On Turkey For 38 Years

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Ankara keeps silent about German spying on Turkey -- Today's Zaman
Turkey spied on by Germany's intelligence agency -- Press TV