Turkey’s new diaspora policy: Leverage or obstacle for Turkey’s EU membership cause?
YAŞAR AYDIN
In recent years, Turkish politicians have intervened increasingly in political and social matters concerning Turks in Germany. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited Germany several times to give speeches condemning assimilation as a “crime against humanity,” while calling on Turks to maintain their relationships to Turkey and Turkish culture, and to work in the interests of Turkey.
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