13-Foot Golden Erdogan Statue in German City Annoys Locals

Newsweek ^ | August 28, 2018 - 13:08 | Damien Sharkov

[Texas Fossil]

A shining effigy of controversial Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suddenly appeared in southwestern Germany—to the surprise and chagrin of locals.

The 13-foot statue, painted gold, depicts Erdogan with his hand, outstretched and pointing at the horizon. Erdogan is a divisive figure in Germany—which has a diaspora of around 3 million people of Turkish nationality or descent—and when residents of Wiesbaden, 20 miles west of Frankfurt, woke up to a monument honoring the man, they had questions for city officials.

"We have received calls from a string of irritated citizens—it is not clear to people that it is part of the Biennale," a spokesperson for the city said of the statue, according to German news agency DPA, referring to the ongoing art festival in town.

The golden Erdogan figure is an installation that is part of the festival, known as the Wiesbaden Biennale for Contemporary Art, though city officials also had no specific knowledge that the statue would pop up in town. The festival’s theme this year is "bad news" and besides having already inflamed public opinion in Germany with strong remarks and accusations, Erdogan is set to make headlines again when he visits Berlin next month.

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The Hillary one is pretty funny. Too bad it’s Obama.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, Erdogan the Islamist has publicly quoted the first statement. And told young children how wonderful it was for them to be martyrs for Islam. (Some of them cried, don't blame them)

[TADSLOS]

That just suddenly appeared?

LMAO.

[Texas Fossil]

It is evil enough for me just a statue.

[dfwgator]

From this angle, he does kind of look like Uncle Adolf.

[Texas Fossil]

smile. Thank you for the pic. hee hee hee

[SaveFerris]

The proletariat attacked the bourgeoisie coat?

Oh wait, Karl Marx. Oh well, I’m sure they were all heroes to Obama and the Democrats.

[Texas Fossil]

I so love those three pics. smile.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes. We wait.

[SaveFerris]

Looks like Obama’s coat after Moochelle caught him flirting with the blonde chick at Mandela’s funeral.

[SaveFerris]

Occupy until He comes!

Luke 19:13 King James Version (KJV)

13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

[Texas Fossil]

Sigh. I look forward to the day I can say that Obama is no longer even mentioned.

[Texas Fossil]

Will be interesting. And brutal.

[SaveFerris]

That’s probably post-Armageddon, unfortunately.

It feels like he’ll have a role in the 10 kingdoms. I can’t prove that. He certainly has a significant cultist group of acolytes.

BUT he’s hanging around D.C. Is he not? (or at least he was)

Makes me wonder: “Why?”.

Of course it’s never enough for him nor the Clintons.

[Oorang]

Wiesbaden ping

[Texas Fossil]

If the congress grows big enough balls to open Obama’s real history, he will vanish.

He is a slippery eel/snake.

[struggle]

Throw bacon on it.

[metmom]

The antichrist?

[SaveFerris]

My guess is a regional caliphate for Ezekiel 38.

And a big surprise coming his way if he indeed is.

I still believe the Antichrist, the Man of Sin, the Lawless One, the Beast arises out of Europe. Though Turkey is indeed somewhat close.

IMHO, he’ll be a well-spoken European liberal who will enter the E.U. Parliment building (and the United Nations’ building in New York) and confirm the peace deal that divides Israel for 7 years (with an official “Palestinian state”). And a “shared Jerusalem”. We’re all but there, almost. And I think the False Prophet will appear to be “christian” (small “c”).

I don’t think Erdogan is anywhere even close to the charisma of (small “a”) antichrist spirit Barack Hussein Obama. There are still droves of fools that slobber over him.

[Texas Fossil]

Erdogan?

I don’t think so.

That is just my opinion.

Obama?

Don’t think so either.

We shall see. At the time, we will know.