The German television channel NDR rebroadcast, in protest, a satirical song about the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced by Ankara, Berlin and scratched for his reaction as too soft after the convening of the German ambassador.
“Maybe that Erdogan did not understand the song? This is why the are back and with subtitles in Turkish! “Shouted the presenter of the program” Extra 3 “on the public channel broadcast in the north, Christian Ehring Wednesday night.
The German Ambassador in Ankara, Martin Erdmann, was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry after the premiere of the song “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan” NDR on March 17 and denouncing leader of the authoritarian excesses of Turkish state.
The chain had strongly protested when the German Foreign Ministry was quick to respond.
The German authorities expected Wednesday to formally celebrate the freedom of the press and of opinion were “not negotiable”. The spokesman of the German government, Christiane Wirtz, had assured “see no more reason to talk” with Turkey, adding that the issue “belongs to the German media landscape,” a presentation perspective to the Turkish authorities .
But does the German media were not satisfied with that answer. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung expressed in an editorial of his irritation to see Berlin react “late”.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen as the main initiator of a controversial plan between the EU and Turkey to try to stop the flow of migrants, and has increased in recent months signs of goodwill towards Ankara despite the authoritarian excesses of its president.
The host of “Extra 3” has also not fail to emphasize the retention of the German government in its reaction. “If he (Erdogan, ed) wants to hear criticism, he must listen ‘Extra 3”, has he said on the air. “But if he does not want criticism, rather it should meet the Chancellor.”
The European Commission has also strongly rebuked Ankara.
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