Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted Germany on Sunday, accusing the government to reviving Nazi era ideology. Erdogan’s complaint comes after Germany barred Turkish ministers and government officials from attending rallies held by Turks living in Germany, as part of the campaign of constitutional reform referendum. Merkel’s government is desperate to prevent Turkish officials from meeting Turkish people living in Germany, fearing that they will persuade them to vote “the wrong way”. ”Germany has gone astray from the path of democracy, its current practices have nothing to do with democracy and even comparable with those of the Nazi regime,” Erdogan told an event organized by the Women and Democracy Association (KADEM) in Istanbul. Dailysabah.com reports: ”We used to believe that Germany had left its Nazi experience behind, but revivalists prove us wrong. We don’t want to see the resurgence of the Nazism in Germany,” Erdoğan added. Last Thursday, German authorities had banned Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ’s meeting with Turks in the western German town of Gaggenau, citing excuses such inadequacy of the meeting hall and parking lots. Bozdağ strongly condemned the decision, saying that it was a purely fascistic practice. Despite strong reactions by Turkish politicians, Gaggenau Mayor Michael Pfeiffer said the decision was not [...]
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