Peter Altmaier
The German government reserves the right to impose a ban on the entry of Turkish politicians. This was stated by the head of Department of the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Minister for special Affairs Peter Altmaier (Peter Altmaier), reports on Wednesday, March 15, Die Zeit.
“The ban on the entry would be the last resort. We reserve the right to use it” — he said, noting that the German office is still “not exhausted by its international legal opportunities.”
Altmaier added that the German government “will not tolerate Nazi comparisons and grotesque assertions”. “Turkey has always attached great importance to the fact that not damage her honor. In Germany, too, there is honor!” he said.
Relations between Berlin and Ankara have sharply become aggravated after the authorities of Germany have forbidden speech in the country 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.