Status: 17.11.2023, 06:27 a.m.
By: Stefan Krieger
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Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Germany is highly controversial. In Berlin, a large contingent of police is to provide security.
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- This news ticker on the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is updated regularly.
Update from November 17, 6:15 a.m.: Amid sharp criticism, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will receive Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a meeting in Berlin on Friday. According to the German government, the talks will include the war between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas as well as the migration agreement between the European Union (EU) and Ankara. Before the meeting with Scholz, Erdogan will also be received by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Erdogan had recently criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip more vehemently and branded the country a "terrorist state". In addition, the Turkish president raised accusations of fascism against Israel, which Scholz rejected as "absurd". Above all, the Kurdish community and the Central Council of Jews consider Erdogan's visit to be inappropriate at this point in time. However, criticism also came from the Left and representatives of the Greens.
Controversial state guest: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Germany. © ADEM ALTAN/AFP
Erdogan visits Germany: Massive police presence in Berlin
Initial report: Berlin – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Germany on Friday (17 November) for the first time in three years, protected by a large contingent of police. 1500,1 forces from other federal states and the federal police will be deployed, a police spokeswoman said on Thursday in Berlin. The areas around the Chancellery, Bellevue Palace as the official residence of the Federal President and the Turkish Embassy at Tiergarten will be cordoned off due to the high security level <>.
Exiled journalist Dündar: Germany bows to Erdogan
The visit is controversial because of Erdogan's verbal attacks on Israel and his defense of Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU. The exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar told the German Press Agency that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) should have at least postponed the meeting with him in the Chancellery. The German government is playing by the rules of the Turkish president.
"Erdogan is the winner of this game, even before the visit takes place," said the former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Cumhuriyet. "Germany had to bow down to him, knowing that he is a Hamas supporter and calls Israel a terrorist state."
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Several demonstrations planned around Erdogan's visit
Scholz had already invited Erdogan to Berlin after his re-election as president in May. After the terrorist attack on Israel with around 1200,<> dead, the Turkish president caused outrage with several statements on the Gaza conflict. He defended Hamas as a "liberation organization" and condemned Israel as a "terrorist state." For Germany, on the other hand, Israel's security is a raison d'être and Hamas is a terrorist organization.
Several demonstrations are planned around the stay in Berlin, which lasts only a few hours, including against a ban on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is also classified as a terrorist organization, and against the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. (With agency material)