In an article published Saturday, September 17 Turkish journalist Can Dündar made in the German newspaper Die Zeit a parallel between the situation in 1915 and currently in the relations between Turkey and Germany.

Can Dündar, former editor of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet was arrested in November 2015 after the publication of his newspaper pictures showing the Turkish intelligence services providing arms to Syrian rebels. Can Dündar was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison for “divulging state secrets”. He survived an assassination attempt and now lives in exile in Germany.

Can Dündar in particular evokes the book of Jürgen Gottschlich who discovered that Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim, German Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1912 to 1915, knew that the Turks were planning the Armenian Genocide. In the book “Help genocide” ( “zum Beihilfe Völkermord”) Gottschlich showed that the ambassador was not the only one to know but that German leaders have not responded saying instead, “No, we need Turks. “

Can Dündar continues: “Recent tensions between Ankara and Berlin because of the military base of Incirlik remake arise this story. Germany has stationed Tornado combat aircraft and 250 soldiers to Incirlik. Berlin wants to invest in the construction of military facilities in the amount of 58 million euros. With training programs and joint exercises Germany supports the modernization of the Turkish army. And Germany is seeking to have a say in the Middle East.

But in June, the Bundestag passed the Armenian resolution (…) Promptly Ankara denied the German MPs permission to visit Incirlik. Tensions have risen so far and Foreign Minister Steinmeier has threatened that if no authorization German units withdrew Incirlik and reconnaissance flights of NATO. His Turkish counterpart Çavuşoğlu said: “If Germany take the necessary measures, we will allow the visit” Chancellor Merkel was stuck in a dilemma. On the one hand of the public in its own country, on the other the ” ‘alliance of convenience between Germany and Turkey. “ They chose the latter. Immediately before leaving for the G20 summit in China, they said on television that the decision of the Bundestag has no binding force. The spokesman Seibert reiterated government (…) what has to be considered a genocide, the courts should decide. This is also the position of Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu also announced the good news: “Germany met our requirements.” The crisis is resolved. Next month will be the trip of a German delegation at Incirlik. Meanwhile, Turkey has accused Syria that its entry is not directed against the Islamic State but against the Kurds. (…) I can not imagine that the German ambassador wrote to the Foreign Ministry in this world torn by a state of emergency and the situation in Syria and the response from Berlin. “We need the Turks’.”