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According to a press report, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will come to Germany for a state visit in autumn. The trip is expected to take place at the end of September, an exact date is still being negotiated, the newspaper "Bild" reported on Saturday, citing government circles in Ankara and Berlin. The foreign expert of the Union Jürgen Hardt (CDU) is congratulated on the possible visit, the criticism came from the Green Party politician Cem Özdemir
The Office of the Federal President in Berlin has stressed that for a long time an invitation to Erdogan in general form. But there is still no time for a visit. A German government spokesman said the appointments of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had been "basically" announced last week.
A government representative in Ankara said that an official visit to Germany was likely. However, he made no mention of the date of a possible Erdogan trip.
Erdogan had been several times on official visits to Berlin, most recently in 2014. The September visit, however, would be his first visit since the presidency four years ago. The protocol of a state visit, the highest level of diplomatic exchange, includes a reception by the federal president with military honors and a state banquet.
Erdogan was confirmed in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in June. The constitutional reform of last year and the badociated introduction of the presidential system in Turkey gives the head of state a significant increase in power.
Özdemir: "You can not always choose your guests"
The politician of the CDU, Hardt, said that he was "to greet" that Erdogan wanted to come to Germany. Among the allies of NATO and between nations with many concordant interests, contacts are also important at the highest level. However, the government must address "the crucial issues between Germany and Turkey", such as the detention of German citizens without trial and the role of Turkey in the Syrian conflict, demanded Hardt
Özdemir to the newspapers of the group spark of the weekend. In contrast, Erdogan was "not a normal president in a democracy" and so should not be so received. "You can not always choose your guests," added the former Greens leader.
Erdogan turned Turkey into a country of "censorship, arbitrariness, nepotism and autocracy". As a result, it must also be treated. First and foremost, Erdogan must be "clearly clear that the attempt here to build parallel Turkish-nationalist-fundamentalist structures, not tolerated," Özdemir said.
According to information from the Funke media group, 49 German citizens are currently imprisoned in Turkey. Five of them are supposed to have a political background.
The Turkish president made headlines during the debate on former member of the German football team Mesut Özil. That was met in London in May with Erdogan, which led to mbadive criticism in Germany, due to Özil's resignation eventually. Erdogan hailed the footsteps of the footballer.
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