Diplomacy
Criticism of the ban from German politicians-trip to Incirlik
The diplomacy has, After Turkey said a visit to a German politician with the German army units in Incirlik, the barrage of criticism. The government in Ankara to justify their actions.
Secretary of state Brauksiepe (right) at a debate in the Bundestag (file photo)
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Several members of the Bundestag have called for consequences, after Turkey German politicians has said a visit to the army units on the Turkish base of Incirlik. More yet: the cancellation of The troop visit by the German defense state Secretary Ralf Brauksiepe impacted the bilateral relationship. “This is an irresponsible dealing with a NATO-Partner bar of any political reason,” said the foreign and security policy spokesman of the CSU land group in the Bundestag, Florian Hahn.
The calculated provocation
Background of the refusal of the Turkish anger over the Armenia Resolution of the Bundestag is obvious. Hahn spoke of a “calculated provocation” by Turkey, which touch on security policy interests of Germany. “We must, therefore, think about alternative locations of the reconnaissance tornadoes, such as the airbase in Amman, Jordan,” said the CSU politician. Also, the former Federal Minister of defence Franz Josef Jung (CDU) claimed in an interview with the “Central German newspaper” of the consequences. The Green defense expert Tobias Lindner has called on the Federal government in the “image”-newspaper, in German expansion plans for the accommodation and supply of the in Incirlik stationed German soldiers.
German Tornados at the base Incirlik
The Federal Ministry of defence had confirmed on Wednesday that Turkey did not vote for the travel plans of the Secretary of state. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in the meantime in Ankara, the Turkish government consider it appropriate that politicians visited the base in the South of the country. Military and technical delegations would be free of such visits. So far, Turkey had allowed the visit of politicians in Incirlik.
“Spiegel Online” had previously reported, citing confidential discussions in the defence Committee of the Bundestag, there had been carried out, the Turkey had cited as justification for the classification of the massacre of Armenians on the territory of modern Turkey as genocide by the German Bundestag. The government in Ankara had sharply against the parliamentary Resolution on the fate of the Armenians from the 2. June protested. In the case of the massacres of war, had been killed in the then Ottoman Empire during the first world approximately 1.5 million Armenians and hundreds of thousands of members of other Christian minorities.
Secretary of state Brauksiepe want to inform together with deputies of the Bundestag, the German use in the fight against the jihadists organization Islamic state (IS). In Incirlik German Tornado are stationed for months-reconnaissance aircraft and tanker aircraft. Turkey had previously already canceled the planned visit of a German group of Journalists on the base.
ml/stu (dpa, afp)