“There are more important than election dates abroad”: After the mine disaster in Soma grows in Germany the resistance against the appearance of the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan – not only the Lord Mayor of Cologne indirectly requires a rejection.

On Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will occur in Cologne. In order that man comes to Germany, with the 301 dead insulted protesters after mine accident in Soma and was palpable. And his advisers came to a lying on the floor man.

About the party boundaries therefore growing criticism of Erdogan’s visit. “For me as a responsible politician, the decision would be given the dramatic and still to be resolved events with so many dead clear – there are now more important than pure election dates abroad perceive,” said the Mayor of Cologne Jürgen Roters (SPD), the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger “. He urged Erdogan indirectly to cancel his appearance at the Lanxess Arena.

Turkish PM Erdogan Campaign Germany:More than 10,000 counter-demonstrators

Wolfgang Bosbach of the CDU is even clearer: “It’s been hard to bear that Mr. Erdogan routed through the major event in Cologne, the Turkish campaign to Germany,” the chairman of the Interior Committee said in parliament the “Bild” newspaper. “In the current situation, but he should take care from morning to night about how it could come to the devastating mining accident in Turkey.”

The authorities expect, according to the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” with more than 10,000 counter-demonstrators. The perhaps biggest protest organize the Alevi community Germany.

On August 10 are presidential elections in Turkey, for the first time can vote on their new head of state and outside the country Turks living without the need to travel to their old home. Erdogan announced his candidacy, although not yet officially announced, but in his AKP is deemed safe.

Turkish PM Erdogan Campaign Germany:”Pictures from Soma absolutely shocking and unacceptable

On Friday, Turkish security forces had taken place in Soma with water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets against more than 10,000 protesters. Since then, the voices in Germany, which require that Erdogan waived his visit multiply – a selection:

* The deputy CDU leader Julia Kloeckner called for a boycott of the Erdogan – appearance at the weekend. “I can only hope that as many living here of Turkish origin demonstrated by the absence that they are in agreement with his current acting in Turkey not me,” she said, “Welt am Sonntag” . Erdogan lacks ” empathy both in dealing with the mine disaster and in general to the needs of the Turks to respect for human rights and freedom of expression ” .

* CSU General Secretary Andreas Scheuer told SPIEGEL ONLINE: ” Erdogan may not relocate to Germany his campaign battles. ”
The integration of the Federal Government Commissioner , Aydan Özoguz , said the ” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” , they think it’s unfortunate that Erdogan will hold a big event so shortly before the European elections in Germany . The pictures from Turkey by the crackdown on demonstrators were absolutely shocking and unacceptable , said the Social Democrat . ” Remove Such images Turkey far from democratic and fair . ”

* The former leader of the Greens , Trittin , told the newspaper , Erdogan has lost all sense of reality.

* The North Rhine- Westphalian Minister for Integration Guntram Schneider ( SPD) said the ” Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ” : “The visit comes close to an abuse of                   hospitality . ”

Erdogan is internationally recognized in the criticism. So President Joachim Gauck the end of April had criticized during his visit to Turkey in his speech at the Technical University of the Middle East (ODTÜ) in Ankara with unusually clear words the democratic deficit in Turkey and warned the Erdogan government before isolation. He watched with concern tendencies to limit the rule of law and separation of powers, Gauck said. “I confess: These voices scare me – even and especially when freedom of expression and press freedom are restricted.”

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