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The Grand Turk |
Turkey again bars German MPs from troop visit |
2017-07-15 |
[Ynet] Ankara has refused German politicians permission to visit soldiers serving at an air base near the ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... allies. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's earlier refusal to let politicians visit German soldiers serving at Incirlik air base led to Berlin relocating those troops to Jordan. For historical reasons, Germany's armed forces are under parliamentary control, and Berlin insists the parliamentarians must have access to its soldiers. "The government, especially Chancellor Angela Merkel ...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... , must now take the necessary steps to ensure politicians can soon visit the soldiers in Konya," said Rainer Arnold, defence spokesperson for the Social Democrats, the junior coalition party in the government. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#2 Germany declining to allow Erdogan to hold German |
Posted by: magpie 2017-07-15 15:00 |
#1 bail out of Incirlik, completely. Turkey out of NATO |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-15 09:10 |