Again France is rocked by bloody Islamist terror.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan must also listen to allegations from Germany.
Within a few days, two alleged Islamist attacks rocked France.
President Emmanuel Macron defended cartoons of Mohammed and freedom of expression - and was then targeted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish president now has to deal with the allegation that he is contributing to terrorism.
The Green Cem Özdemir is calling for consequences for Germany too.
Paris / Ankara
- bloody
Islamist terror
- and a fierce debate about freedom of expression: France remains the focal point of a dispute about how to deal with Mohammed cartoons.
His Turkish counterpart
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
positions himself
as one of the main opponents of French
President Emmanuel Macron
.
Erdogan now has to listen to bitter criticism from Germany.
The accusation: Erdogan's position leads to further violence.
Terror in France: Erdogan heavily criticized after attacks against Macron
Green external expert Cem Özdemir
has now accused Erdogan of
promoting
Islamist terror in Europe
.
One must “take action against all those agitators who continue to fuel Islamism for their own purposes out of cheap calculations.
The Turkish President Erdogan is constantly pouring oil on the fire and thus contributing to violence and terror, ”said Özdemir to the
editorial network Germany
after the allegedly Islamist-motivated knife attack in Nice in the south of France.
The Turkish president had previously strongly criticized Macron for
defending
freedom of expression
and the
publication of cartoons critical of religion
after the beheading of a French teacher
.
Erdogan spoke of a "lynching campaign" against Muslims in Europe and called for a boycott of French goods.
“Erdogan contributes to terror”: Özdemir calls for the consequences of violence in France for Islamic associations
Özdemir told the RND: “In Germany we need a different approach to the Muslim umbrella organizations.
You must stand with both feet on the ground of our Basic Law and become independent of foreign governments. "
The debate about the
events in France
had recently also reached Germany.
SPD Vice Kevin Kühnert called for an end to the "silence" on the political left in Germany.
Especially with a view to a
knife attack in Dresden
, the Union brought up the resumption of
deportations to Syria
.
At
least three people were killed in
the
attack in France
on Thursday.
Several others were injured and the alleged perpetrator was arrested.
France declared the
highest terror warning level
, Macron spoke of an
"Islamist terrorist attack"
.
Macron as a figure of hatred: huge protests in Bangladesh - attack in Nice also shakes Turkey
Meanwhile, anger against Macron is not ebbing in some Islamic countries.
Thousands of people
protested against Macron and his statements about Islam
in various cities in
Bangladesh
on Friday
.
Some burned pictures of the head of state to express their outrage over Macron's
defense of cartoons of Mohammed
.
According to the police, 12,000 people took part in the protests in the
capital Dhaka
;
independent observers as well as the organizers spoke of 40,000 participants.
Since Macron
defended
the cartoons after the
murder of the educator Samuel Paty
, protests have
raged
in many Muslim countries.
Erdogan called for a boycott of French goods and advised the president to have his "state of mind examined".
Macron had stressed that France would "not give up caricatures and drawings".
We will not give in, ever.
We respect all differences in a spirit of peace.
We do not accept hate speech and defend reasonable debate.
We will always be on the side of human dignity and universal values.
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 25, 2020
The latest knife attack in Nice, however, also caused horror on the Bosporus.
Turkey condemned the knife attack as a "cruel" attack and expressed its "solidarity".
However, the country is also facing major domestic problems after a natural disaster - a terrible earthquake struck Turkey on Friday.
(
dpa / AFP / fn
)