Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Power and politics, Germany has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for comparing a ban on rallies in his support in Germany with the Nazis. About this reports Deutsche Welle.
Minister of justice of Germany Heiko Maas has called Erdogan’s statements “vile, incomprehensible and unacceptable” and urged “to reject them in the strongest terms”.
The leader of the faction of the Christian democratic Union (CDU) in the Bundestag, Volker Kauder also called the statement of the Turkish leader is unacceptable. “The fact that the President of a country that is a member of NATO, speaks of another country, member of NATO — is unbelievable and unacceptable,” — quoted the Deputy ARD.
In turn, the Deputy head of the CDU Julia klöckner demanded that Erdogan apologize. “Outrageous, arrogant history is forgotten!” she wrote on Twitter.
Secretary General of the Christian social Union Andreas Scheuer in an interview with the newspaper Passauer Neue Press called the statement of the President of Turkey “a flagrant mistake of the tyrant of the Bosphorus.” “The comparison with the Nazis is outrageous as well as absurd,” — he stressed.
5 Mar Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared the ban on campaign in Germany in support of it with the Nazis. “You have nothing to do with democracy and you should know that your current actions are no different from the actions of the Nazis, he said at a rally in Istanbul.
Earlier German authorities have banned two rallies of the local Turkish community after the arrest in Turkey of a journalist of a German citizen of Turkish origin, whom Erdogan called “German agent”.
Relations between Berlin and Ankara deteriorated after an unsuccessful coup attempt in July 2016. Then Germany condemned the Turkish government for excessively harsh measures against the rebels, and those, in turn, accused the German colleagues that they did not condemn the conspirators and did not support the actions of the authorities.