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Erdogan urges Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel
[Iran Press TV] ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... has urged the large ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... in the upcoming German elections, calling the party led by the chancellor "enemies" of ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... "I am calling on all my countrymen in Germany: the Christian Democrats, SDP [the Social Democrats], the Green Party are all enemies of Turkey. Support those political parties who are not enemies of Turkey," Erdogan told news hounds after Friday prayers in Istanbul. He accused those parties of being involved in "aggressive, disrespectful attitudes against Turkey." The Germany is set to hold parliamentary elections on September 24, with Chancellor Merkel running for a fourth term. Berlin has slammed Erdogan for "interference" in Germany's elections, condemning his statements as an attempt to incite Germans against each other. "That is an unprecedented act of interference in the illusory sovereignty of our country," German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the RedaktionsNetzwerk media group on Friday. "Erdogan's interference in Germany's electoral campaign shows that he wants to incite people in Germany against each other," he added. Merkel has said there would be no expansion of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's customs union with Turkey or a deepening in the EU- Posted by: Fred 2017-08-19 |
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