Erdogan bodyguards 'not welcome' at G20 summit, says Germany

Germany's foreign ministry has said that Turkish bodyguards involved in a scuffle with anti-government protesters in Washington DC last month will not be allowed to accompany President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the G20 summit in July.

The warning follows the Turkish embassy's submission of a list of personnel who will accompany the Turkish leader to Germany next month. The list of 50 people reportedly included several bodyguards who were involved in the Washington altercation.

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) told the Die Welt newspaper "foreign colleagues only have the right to self-defence", the paper reported.

The warnings were then reportedly repeated to German parliamentarians in private meetings.

"On our streets, only the Hamburg police have a say - and no one else. This includes foreign security forces," Hamburg Senator Andy Grote told Die Welt.

Bodyguards escorting the president in Washington in May allegedly pushed past US police to physically confront Kurdish protesters.

Footage posted on social media platforms showed men in suits attacking protesters, including a woman who was lying on the ground.

US authorities struggled to contain the altercation, but did issue arrest warrants for 12 members of Erdogan's security detail.

Ankara responded to the US by lodging a formal protest with the US ambassador over the "aggressive" actions of US security agents.

The Turkish foreign ministry also slammed the "inability of US authorities to take sufficient precautions at every stage of the official programme".