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| Turkey’s Erdogan ‘Not Welcome’ to Campaign in Austria |
| 2017-02-28 |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... is "not welcome" to hold campaign events in Austria ahead of April’s referendum on strengthening his powers, the foreign minister in Vienna said Monday. Sebastian Kurz said that Erdogan campaigning over the controversial referendum would "increase friction" in Austria and "hinder the integration" of the country’s 360,000-strong Turkish origin minority, which includes 117,000 Turkish citizens. "Campaign events are not welcome. Of course the Turkish president, like other senior politicians, can make bilateral visits to Europe and Austria for talks with brass hats," said Kurz. "But we clearly reject bringing the Turkish campaign and polarisation to Austria," Kurz was quoted as saying in a foreign ministry statement. The ministry said Erdogan’s previous visits to Austria and also Germany had created "tensions" between his supporters and Turks of Kurdish origin, which have increased since July’s attempted coup. |
| Posted by:Fred |