{"id":303972,"date":"2017-03-23T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303972"},"modified":"2017-03-23T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T06:00:13","slug":"turkeys-erdogan-warns-europeans-wont-be-safe-if-diplomatic-row-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/turkeys-erdogan-warns-europeans-wont-be-safe-if-diplomatic-row-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey’s Erdogan warns Europeans ‘won’t be safe’ if diplomatic row continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
Europeans across the world will not be able to walk the streets safely if they keep up their current attitude towards Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned.<\/p>\n
Turkey has been mired in a diplomatic row with Germany and the Netherlands after they banned Turkish officials from campaigning in support of an April referendum on boosting the Turkish President\u2019s powers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Europe continues this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets,\u201d Mr Erdogan told journalists in Ankara.<\/p>\nNuman Kurtulmus, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister, claims the country is a victim of negative propaganda (Getty).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
He added: \u201cWe, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turkish government officials are still participating in events for expatriate Turks across Europe, but are not campaigning for the referendum, the Turkish deputy prime minister has said.<\/p>\n
Numan Kurtulmus said the row had helped Turks in Europe better understand the constitutional changes proposed in the referendum.<\/p>\n
He said the \u201cfootsteps of neo-Nazism and extreme racism\u201d were being heard in Europe.<\/p>\n
Germany\u2019s new President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, used his first speech in the role to accuse Mr Erdogan of jeopardising everything Turkey has achieved in recent years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way we look [at Turkey] is characterised by worry, that everything that has been built up over years and decades is collapsing,\u201d Mr Steinmeier said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Erdogan, you are jeopardising everything that you, with others, have built,\u201d he said, adding he would welcome \u201ccredible signs\u201d to ease the situation.<\/p>\n
Nato member Turkey has repeatedly accused Germany of using Nazi tactics and has caused anger by detaining German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnd the unspeakable Nazi comparisons,\u201d Mr Steinmeier added. \u201cDo not cut the ties to those people who want partnership with Turkey. Respect the rule of law and the freedom of media and journalists. And release Deniz Yucel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Erdogan has previously branded the Netherlands \u201cNazi remnants\u201d and accused Germany of \u201cfascist actions\u201d.<\/p>\n
He has said his country may review its ties with Europe after the referendum, which he hopes will give him sweeping new powers, and has described Europe as \u201cfascist and cruel\u201d, saying it resembles the pre-Second World War era.<\/p>\n
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European leaders have made repeated calls for Turkish officials to avoid Nazi comparisons and the head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany accused Mr Erdogan of disrespecting the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe comparisons between today\u2019s Federal Republic of Germany and National Socialism, which we have heard in recent days, are not only insulting and absolutely false \u2013 they also relativise the Nazis\u2019 rule of terror,\u201d Josef Schuster said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe comparison is monstrous and denigrates the suffering of the victims of the Shoah.\u201d<\/p>\n
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Turkey should stop Nazi comparisons \u201cwith no ifs or buts\u201d.<\/p>\nA Turkish tabloid depiction of Angela Merkel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The controversy deepened last week when a Turkish pro-government newspaper depicted Ms Merkel as Adolf Hitler on its front page, branding her \u201cMrs Hitler\u201d.<\/p>\n
The right-wing tabloid accused the German chancellor of attempting to lead a fascist movement against Turkey.<\/p>\n
It came days after Germany\u2019s biggest-selling newspaper Bild attacked Mr Erdogan for threatening the stability of Europe through his \u201clust for power\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBild tells the truth to Erdogan\u2019s face \u2013 you are not a democrat! You are hurting your country! You are not welcome here!\u201d the German newspaper said.<\/p>\n
Turkish hackers also spread Nazi accusations across high profile Twitter accounts, posting pro-Erdogan messages from accounts including Amnesty International, BBC North America and Forbes.<\/p>\n
While tensions between Turkey and Europe have boiled over in recent weeks, acrimony over Turkey\u2019s belief some European countries are harbouring suspected terrorists has festered for years.<\/p>\nA portrait of Erdogan in Taksim Square, Istanbul (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Europe has questioned whether fugitives would get a fair trial in Turkey and said free speech laws and other rights protect many dissidents.<\/p>\n
A Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that Turkey will ask the Netherlands to extradite a Turkish leftist militant.<\/p>\n
Mr Erdogan criticised Germany for allowing a weekend rally of Kurds, some of whom expressed support for a jailed rebel leader in Turkey.<\/p>\n
In January, Turkey condemned a Greek court ruling granting asylum to eight Turkish military servicemen allegedly involved in a failed coup to oust Mr Erdogan last year.<\/p>\n
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