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Don't say, "because he's innocent!" If it were, re were hardly any prisoners in Turkish prisons. Erdoğan also knows that Steudtner and or human rights activists are not agents. Why did you sit in custody for four months? Because Erdoğan needed hostages in order to silence louder protest in Europe and to get extradited in Germany. He also said that fear of such arrests would prevent international NGOs from taking more intensive care of Turkey.
Then why were y released?
Schroeder's mission certainly played a role, but Turkish government had already noticed that its strategy had gone into a void, even or way around. Far from weakening protest in Europe, arrests had turned him into outrage and increasingly authoritarian Turkish policy made it all more visible. Above all, however, y allowed idea of economic sanctions to germinate. A German diplomat told me that 20th of July represents a historic break for German Turkey policy.
Can DündarIs editor-in-chief of new Web portal he founded in Germany Özgürüz. He writes for time a weekly column on crisis in Turkey.
Let us remember: On 17 July, six out of ten human rights activists gared on island of Büyükada had been arrested. Two days afterwards, crisis came when Ankara informed Berlin about Interpol that 681 German companies would be on blacklist for terrorist charges. When Germany was indignant, Turkish Minister of Interior spoke by telephone of a misunderstanding and withdrew list. But that wasn't enough. On July 20, German government decided on a fundamental change in its policy on Turkey. "Enough is enough," I heard from foreign Minister personally. Every German is now at risk in Turkey, said Gabriel, even for investments one cannot guarantee any more. Hermes guarantees have been restricted. Economic sanctions had been saved until end. Some German companies continued to focus on ir own interests and accepted tender orders from Ankara, but many ors were worried. Direct investment declined. Almost all managing directors of German companies in Turkey transferred ir duties to Turkish employees and returned to Germany. Discontinuations to Istanbul were knocked out. A number of industrialists were looking for alternative markets, such as Bangladesh or India.
This article comes from time No. 45/2017. Here you can read entire output.Turkey lost its largest export market, and tourism slowdown is added. Economic circles are concerned that main consequences of damage will not be noticeable until 2018. In Turkish leadership re are quite a few people who are aware of it, including premier. For fear of Erdoğan's anger, however, y do not dare to speak. A German minister said that you are not even telephoning with Turkish colleagues, contact Lounger broke. Thus Schroeder's intervention is likely to have been particularly pleased by Erdoğan's silent ministers. In Berlin, it is considered that Turkey's relations with Germany and EU are not normalized, as long as Erdoğan is in office, aforementioned diplomat continued to say. "We are in relationship winter. But we are determined not to break relations with Turkey beyond ACP. "
From Turkish by Sabine Adatepe
Date Of Update: 05 November 2017, 12:03
