 Turkey said that the ban was unacceptable and a violation of freedom of expression.German authorities said Turkish mosques in Germany were playing Turkish politics and worried that Turkey's internal politics are spilling over into German cities.For years, German authorities had encouraged Turkey's state-run religious institution Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs usually referred to as DİTİB to provide Islamic preachers and teachers and Gülen Movement Schools for the large Turkish diaspora in Germany.