Germany‘s co-ruling Green Party known as on Turkish residents to vote in opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a controversial transfer that’s prone to pressure relations between Berlin and Ankara.
The Green Party’s government committee launched a press release on Friday, saying the upcoming May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections would supply a “real chance” to finish Erdoğan’s two-decade grip on energy.
“We ask all people who are eligible to vote in Türkiye, and (Turkish citizens) residing in Germany to take part in the May 14 election, and support the process of democratic change,” the occasion mentioned within the assertion.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock‘s occasion added that intensifying ties between the EU and Türkiye, and resuming stalled membership talks can solely be attainable if Ankara “makes a U-turn” and drastically adjustments its home and international insurance policies.
The Green Party, which is a junior accomplice in Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s coalition authorities, has lengthy maintained shut ties with opposition events in Türkiye, notably with the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
Source: www.anews.com.tr
