File photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addressing the media after talks in Berlin February 4, 2014.  Germany's foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said August 23, 2014, in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies. The magazine also cited government sources as saying the BND intelligence agency's current mandate to monitor Turkish political and state institutions had been agreed by a government working group. That included representatives of the chancellor's office, the defence, foreign and economy ministries. A spokesman for the German government declined to comment on the report.  REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/Files  (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)
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