Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel again criticized the Turkish government for the comparison of the policy of the authorities of Germany with the Nazis. On Thursday, March 9, according to Spiegel.
“They [those comparisons] are so inappropriate that they cannot comment seriously,” — said the head of the German government, noting that such statements “can never be justified, including a campaign in support of presidential system in Turkey.”
Merkel, speaking in the Bundestag, noted that there are “deep differences” between Berlin and Ankara, and between Turkey and the European Union.
German authorities have banned a presentation on the country of the two Turkish politicians who had to campaign living in Germany of Turkish citizens for the amendments to the Constitution envisaging strengthening the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish leader compared these restrictions with Nazi policies. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in turn, noted that such statements understate the crimes of the national socialists.