“They announce they’ll take in 30,000 to 40,000 refugees and then they are nominated for the Nobel [Peace Prize] for that. We are hosting 2.5 million refugees but nobody cares,’ Erdogan told a conference in Istanbul on Friday in an apparent reference to reports that Merkel had been a favorite to win the award for her stance on refugees.

Merkel holds talks with Turkey officials over refugee crisis

Iran Press TV

Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:57PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held talks with Turkish leaders in Istanbul in a bid to win Turkey’s cooperation in addressing the historic flow of refugees to Europe.

Merkel met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday to discuss possible measures Ankara can take to stem the flow of refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East to Europe.

‘Unfortunately Turkey was left alone by the international community in terms of burden sharing. We are very pleased there is a better approach now. The issue of sharing going forwards is very important,’ said Davutoglu after the meeting. He added that Turkey is working with the EU to agree on a plan to deal with the refugee issue.  source