Posted on 07/20/2017 11:37:49 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Germany's Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey's ambassador to Berlin over the arrests of human rights activists, including German citizen Peter Steudtner. The Foreign Ministry issued a sharply worded statement.
The German Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it had summoned Turkey's ambassador in Berlin to protest the pre-trial detention of six human rights activists, particularly that of German citizen Peter Steudtner.
"The Turkish government needs to immediately and directly hear the German government's outrage and incomprehension as well as its crystal-clear expectations in the case of Peter Steudtner and, this time, without diplomatic niceties," Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schäfer said.
Read more: Turkish opposition gains new momentum
Schäfer said German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel had interrupted his summer vacation to attend government consultations over the Turkish court's decision to jail Steudtner, a human rights trainer who was taken into custody earlier this month.
Germany has just told Turkey, we are not playing games. It is time to release the Human Rights Representatives.
The article hints at "opposition" in Turkey. (Kemalists)
Strong pressure applied both inside and outside of Turkey.
I did not make it clear in the post, this is an excerpt and there is much more at the link.
But the German facility manager of a US-based company for whom I used to work told me on the occasion of my visit to the Munich facility that: “they had Turkish labor, you know expendable people.”
Strongly Worded Letter Alert!
Do you think Erdogan the Islamist dictator of Turkey will “get it”?
There are a lot of Turks in Germany. Not sure what portion of them support the Islamists. Germany is probably unsure of that too.
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