Jewish and Kurdish communities in Germany criticize Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“THE Tayyip Erdogan he is not allowed to be a partner in German politics,” said the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, while the cancellation of the Turkish president’s planned visit on Friday is being demanded by Germany’s Kurdish community and the Left. The need for talks, even when there are different points of view, is put forward by the government and the Christian Union (CDU/CSU).

“Anyone who not only denies Israel’s right to exist, but also actively fights it, cannot be a partner in German politics,” he said. the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Joseph Schuster on the Funke Network and asked the chancellor Olaf Solz “use the visit to make it very clear to Erdogan that the relativization of Hamas terrorism will not be accepted under any circumstances.” Tayyip Erdogancriticizes Israel, defends Hamas with his propaganda and fuels the riots in the German streets and the psychological terror against the Jews,” added Mr. Schuster, estimating that “a clear condemnation of his behavior would be in the chancellor’s own interest, from the point of view of domestic policy”.

The president of the Kurdish community in Germany, Ali Ertan Toprak, called the Turkish president’s visit to Berlin a “mistake”. “We cannot talk every day about Germany’s ‘state check’ in relation to Israel’s security and then roll out the red carpet here for one of the biggest anti-Semites,” Mr Toprak told RND and called for the visit to be cancelled. . “It cannot simply be ignored in Germany that Tayyip Erdogan has politically supported Hamas for years and has just described it as a ‘liberation organization.’ On December 7, Hamas committed the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust,” he added.

“Erdogan should not be welcome here,” Leftist leader Martin Sirdevan said on the t-online website, speaking of a “schizophrenic attitude, the ruling coalition rolling out a red carpet for a supporter of terrorism.” The leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz expressed a different opinion during yesterday’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation event with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, where he argued that the Turkish president’s statements in favor of Hamas are “completely unacceptable”, however he agreed with the chancellor’s decision to receive him, in order to explain the German position to him immediately. Christian Social Union (CSU) regional group leader Alexander Dobrid also told t-online that Olaf Solz should make it clear to Tayyip Erdogan that the Germany “is on the side of Israel and that it considers unacceptable any kind of attempt to relativize the terrorism of Hamas”. Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group leader Rolf Münchenich said Tayyip Erdogan is certainly a “challenging personality”, but Turkey is important as an interface country between different regions. In addition, he noted, Mr. Erdogan could potentially use his influence and call on Hamas to show moderation or release the hostages it has kidnapped.

Source: News Beast

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