Erdogan’s Turkey: Reliable Partner Or Western Foe?
By Charles Bybelezer | The Media Line August 22, 2017
Turkish president unleashes unprecedented verbal attack on Germany, as West ponders future ties with NATO member Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan forcefully inserted himself into Germany’s upcoming elections by urging Turkish foreign-nationals to boycott major parties, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. “I am calling on all my countrymen in Germany,” he affirmed, “the Christian Democrats, SDP [Social Democrats], the Green Party are all enemies of Turkey, [therefore] support [other] political parties.” Germany has a large Turkish diaspora estimated at some three million people, many of whom will vote on September 24 when Merkel bids for a fourth term.
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