Following the Economist’s article about “dictator” Erdogan, another publication attacks the Turkish president.

The reason for this is the German magazine Stern, which in its publication characterizes Erdogan as an “arsonist”, emphasizing that “in order to stay in power, he provokes conflicts within Turkey, in Syria, and possibly in Germany. While he talks to the West and Putin and belittles NATO.”

The article asks “whether Erdogan will come to terms with his impending electoral defeat,” implying that the Turkish president will try by all means to stay in power even if he loses.

Visit to Berlin canceled

Meanwhile, the Turkish President at the last moment canceled the visit of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Germany scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, where he was supposed to meet with Chancellor Olaf Soltz.

The President of Turkey, according to the same information, was supposed to meet with Olaf Soltz tomorrow in the office. The visit, however, was never officially announced, because in the end, both sides – through the diplomatic adviser to the office of Jens Pletner and ally of the Turkish President Ibrahim Kalin – disagreed on the time of the meeting, and mainly on questions from the German side, and even publicly.

According to the RND network, the chancellery wanted to publicly criticize the recent appearance of AKP MP Mustafa Atzikgiez in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the context of a campaign event at a mosque owned by the Gray Wolves network.

The MP demanded from the rostrum the destruction of the Kurds and Gulenists and provoked the intervention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Analena Berbock:

“If the representatives of Turkey do not play by the rules, we will have to think about the consequences. Appearances like the appearance of the Turkish deputy in Neuss must not be repeated. Hate and hate speech has no place in Germany,” Ms Burbock tweeted and recalled that “certainly foreign campaign activities should have been approved,” while warning that “if Turkish representatives do not follow the rules of the game we have to consider the consequences.”

Then, on the same occasion, representatives of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin were summoned to the German Foreign Ministry.

Did Erdogan want to have an electoral party in Berlin?

According to RND, Tayyip Erdogan’s plans to visit Berlin have led to speculation that he will use his presence in his election campaign.

SEP circles assured that the party would abide by the ban imposed by the German government back in the 2017 elections, but it was proposed that “the same ban should apply to opposition parties that are already campaigning in Germany.”

In the 2018 parliamentary elections, more than 4 million eligible voters in Turkey lived abroad, almost half of them in Germany.