in part because of his crack down on journalists and imprisoning some citizens. atika shubert is following this story. what a difference a year makes given the insults, frayed ties between turkey s president and the german chancellor. tell us about the reaction now. reporter: well, i think it is pretty clear the relationship is still a little rough around the edges. it started off well enough yesterday when president erdogan was greeted with full military honors. this is a state visit, so it comes with all the pomp and circumstance. and that is why chris at this tim times critics are upset. they say that he will use in as a pop begropaganda tool back ho. it started out well with the military honors and then he went into a meeting with choancellor angela merkel and it became a bit of a diplomatic sparring match where he basically said that germany was harboring