GERMANY: 2,000 demonstrators protest against Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Germany visit

Record ID: 217606

  • Title: GERMANY: 2,000 demonstrators protest against Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Germany visit
  • Date: 31st October 2012
  • Summary: BLUE BANNER READING IN GERMAN "750 HUNGER STRIKERS IN PRISON AND ERDOGAN REMAINS SILENT" PROTESTER HOLDING UP PLACARD WIDE OF CROWD PAN FROM PROTESTERS TO PLACARD READING IN GERMAN "ERDOGAN OPPRESSES MINORITIES" WIDE OF CROWD
  • Embargoed: 15th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA1QXHBLPZAJU4KMRBREFDQXHNS
  • Story Text: Some 2,500 demonstrators mostly of Turkish origin protest against Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Germany visit, accusing him of "oppressing minorities" and "abusing democracy."


    Hours before Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (October 31), some 2,500 demonstrators protested against his visit in Berlin, according to police.
    Waving banners reading "Erdogan stands for war" and "do not abuse democracy," the demonstrators of mostly Turkish origin gathered near the German capital's landmark, the Brandenburg Gate.
    One demonstrator said she wanted to support hunger strikers imprisoned in Turkey, adding that she and others had promised themselves to protest against him if Erdogan came to Germany again.
    Erdogan arrived in Germany on Tuesday (October 30) to officially open his country's new embassy.
    Later on Wednesday, the Turkish prime minister was to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, with the situation in Syria and Turkey's bid to join the European Union expected to be high on the agenda.
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