Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) urged to sever diplomatic relations with Turkey over the remarks by Turkish Ambassador Kadri Ecved Tezcan, Hurriyet reported.
Austria has protested to Turkey after Tezcan suggested Turks living in Austria were treated "like a virus" and were denied the chance to integrate.
He also told Die Presse daily newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday, November 10, that Austrian politicians were not doing enough to counter the rise of the far-right movement.
The row erupted in the wake of elections in the Austrian capital Vienna in October, when the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) won 26 percent of the vote on a xenophobic and anti-Muslim platform.
The remarks have sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries. Austria's foreign ministry summoned Tezcan over his comments, whilst the foreign minister Michael Spindelegger called his Turkish counterpart to complain about Tezcan's remarks.
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said in a statement that he was outraged by Tezcan's "unacceptable and unprofessional" comments.





