The German president began his go to from Istanbul as a substitute of the capital Ankara – On Wednesday he’ll see Erdogan – From a low-ranking official to his reception on the airport
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a three-day go to to Turkey.
The primary cease of his go to is Istanbul, the place he met with the mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, with whom they visited the Sirkeci railway station, on the European coast of Istanbul, from the place the primary group of Turkish employees left in 1961 as immigrants to Germany. Today, a photograph exhibition entitled “Nostalgia in xenitia” is being hosted on the premises of the station.
To indicate the shut private ties with the Turks, Frank-Walter Steinmeier took with him on the journey a Turkish immigrant who runs a kebab restaurant in Berlin. In his statements from the practice station in Istanbul, the German president mentioned of the Turkish employees that “they constructed our nation with us, made our nation robust and are on the coronary heart of our society”.
Throughout Mr Steinmeier's tour of the practice station, a bunch of demonstrators protested Germany's coverage in the direction of the Palestinians, chanting “Germany is murdering, it’s responsible of genocide”. The protesters had been eliminated by the police.
On Tuesday, the German president will meet with victims of final 12 months's devastating earthquake in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, whereas his assembly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara is scheduled for Wednesday.
That is Frank-Walter Steinmeier's first go to to Turkey within the seven years of his presidential time period and he most popular to start out his go to from Istanbul as a substitute of the capital Ankara and meet with Mayor Imamoglu, who belongs to the Kemalist opposition. On the airport within the metropolis, the reception reserved for him was low-key – the prefect of Istanbul, Davut Gül, was ready for him.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier has not too long ago criticized Mr Erdogan's stance in the direction of Israel and has beforehand expressed concern about democratic rights in Turkey.
There are roughly 2.8 million immigrants of Turkish origin in Germany. Of those, roughly 1.2 million are German residents already voting in Germany.
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