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Comment: Simply outrageous

German parliamentarian with Turkish roots, and should not be currently prefer to travel in the Turkey, advises the Foreign office. This is simply an outrage, Jens Thurau.

Protest in front of the German Embassy in Ankara against the Armenian Resolution by the German Bundestag

The Federal Foreign office in Berlin does not consider it advisable that a Turkish background, the German Bundestag traveling members currently in Turkey. The reason: your security can not be guaranteed. Your offense: you have voted in the Bundestag, however, is not so, as the Turkish President Erdogan presents the. They voted to name the genocide of the Armenians about 100 years ago. Then Erdogan doubted that the parliamentarians have Turkish roots, and appropriate blood tests required. Since then, the hate mail, the Green-boss Cem Özdemir and the other representatives of the people with Turkish roots have increased daily, in type and scope. On Monday Özdemir and the police had to be protective in a television Studio in Berlin. Also the nothing more than a monstrosity. He stressed once again, the pressure does not bend.

Özdemir defended the fundamental rights

Thus, Özdemir met a high, a noble duty as representatives of the people and citizens, in spite of death threats. He defended the free word and the free mandate, by exercising it more. And level-headed he remains still, of Course, Germany had to abolish the visa obligation for Turks, if the government in Ankara to comply with its obligations. No Nachkarten so, even if the in this case would be more than understandable.

Jens Thurau, DW correspondent in Berlin

The Bundestag President Norbert Lammert on Thursday of last week, has found clear words for the conduct of the Turkish President. Good. But the Chancellor has to maintain a beifälligen Nod. And on Monday, one of their spokesman has repeated the rather lame formulation of the last few days, after which the pressure on the German-Turkish members was “understandable”. The more the government does not want to impose on the Turkish ruler, apparently. Will appease him hardly.

Merkel needs to talk text

There is nothing to prevent agreements with countries that tick the politically different speaks. Diplomatic contacts and to assess state-to-state contracts only from the high horse of a Western democratic values, can not succeed. So, If the EU to cooperate with Turkey in the issue of refugees and Turkey holds (as it seems) to all of the agreements, then the need to do the EU and Germany, then the visa must fall duty. But equally it must be clear that the threat of Arranged in their own country must not be stoked. And that each individual people need to leave to get to this point from its own government protection. In word and deed.

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