There may have been official honours for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to the Turkish capital Ankara, but President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not mince his words, lashing out over the Gaza war and perceived bigotry in Germany. Erdoğan accused the West of turning a blind eye to the suffering of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip as Steinmeier came to the end of his three-day visit to Turkey. Gaza had been razed, he said. “Our German friends must see this tragic situation,” Erdoğan said after a meeting with Steinmeier. The entire West stands by Israel, he added. The Turk…