Erdogan and Gabriel: The dispute escalates

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The sound between Turkish President Erdogan and German government politicians, will always be sharper. Now Minister Gabriel reported that his wife had been threatened on the phone.

On clear words and deeds, it is Federal Minister for foreign Affairs and energy, Sigmar Gabriel (SPD), just do not want. At the weekend, he intervened personally in the case of the in Spain arrested a German writer Dogan Akhanli. Turkey requested his extradition. A little later the author was at least set on free foot. And on Monday night, Gabriel, to put: On the Turkish President Erdogan, the German Minister of foreign Affairs in Ludwigshafen: “He makes Turkey an undemocratic state.” The coup attempt in Turkey a year ago was bad, “but now Erdogan is making his own coup.”

“Some will feel more motivated”

Gabriel, who lives with his family in Goslar, Germany, also reported threats against his wife. Gabriel’s wife runs a dental practice, on the local answering machine, the threats had been received. For the SPD politician is a consequence of the sharp dispute between him and the autocratic Turkish President: “On the way, as Erdogan makes, feel, some obviously motivated and try to harass my wife and harass.” In fact, Erdogan had said through Gabriel: “Who are you, that you talk with the President of Turkey? You Will Be Aware Of Your Limits!” And more: “How long are you actually in the policy? How old are you?” Gabriel had criticized Erdogan’s invitation of Germany, the electorate Turks to vote in the Federal election in September, the government parties CDU, CSU and SPD and the Greens, because they are enemies of Turkey.

In the case of appointment to foreign Minister in January. Sigmar Gabriel, together with his wife Anke and their daughter Marie.

“Erdogan is expected to eye level!”

In an Interview with the Germany radio of the Turkish Parliament, MP Mustafa Yeneroglu, called the threats against Gabriel’s wife disturbing. Yeneroglu is a member of Erdogan’s ruling AKP party and Chairman of the human rights Committee in the Turkish Parliament. The threat had nothing to do with the Turkish strategy in dealing with Gabriel: “There’s someone here who is disturbed that he makes such a Dimension that is unacceptable, then is any.” But it was clear also: “President Erdogan, it is important that meetings are conducted eye-to-eye. For him, this is an extremely important matter. He’s waiting for his country in a respectful manner.” And more: “The times, where you could constantly with the raised index finger of the Turkey measures, are finally over.”

Chairman of the human rights Committee in the Turkish Parliament, Mustafa Yeneroglu (ACP)

An Ambassador can be Detained visit

After long months, in which the German government had yet to any provocation from Erdogan as a moderator responded, changed especially Gabriel since the beginning of July the sound. The occasion was the arrest of human rights activist Peter Steudtner in Turkey. Steudtner was for the first Time in Turkey, to participate in a Workshop. Since then, he’s sitting in jail with no charges, he is accused, as many other terrorist support. Gabriel had tightened the travel advice of the foreign office for Turkey. In addition, the government intends to review the export credit guarantees for investments in Turkey. Gabriel at the time: “You can not advise anyone to invest in a country if there is no legal security any more.”

Also in detention in Turkey, the German Journalist Deniz Yücel, as well as the Translator Mesally Tolu. Your fate is in the face of fierce German-Turkish tensions, is very uncertain. After all, the German Ambassador in Turkey, Martin Erdmann can visit the two and also Peter Steudtner this week in detention.