DerGrünen Chairman Cem Özdemir has called German-Turkish meeting between Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) and his counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Alsgut and important, but at same time warned against "dirty deals". Current charm offensive of Turkish Government is not result of a course correction, but has to do with bad economic prospects undpolitischer isolation of country.

Özdemirsagte that for almost a year in Turkey InhaftierteWelt-correspondent Deniz Yücel was held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğanals "personal hostage". "To build a tank factory to reward hostage taker for release of hostage would be a completely absurdeLogik," said 52-year-old, who announced today not to run for Fraktionsvorsitzder greens.

He refers to Gabriel's statements in an interview with Mirror. In this, Gabriel said that arms exports to Turkey had been restricted and that this would remain so as long as Deniz Yücel is not released. The journalist has been sitting in Turkish custody since February 2017 because of terrorist charges.

Özdemirforderte federal government to make it clear to Turkey: "As long as (...) Minimum standards of rule of law are not met, opposition undkritische journalists sit in prison for political reasons and derAusnahmezustand not be lifted, so long as re will be no normalisation derBeziehung, no extension of Customs union with EU and KeineWaffenlieferungen. "

The meeting between Gabriel and Çavuşoğlu took place in Gabrielsniedersächsischer home town of Goslar. They decided to strengn dialogue between two countries. In November of last year, Gabriel followed an invitation from Turkish Foreign minister to Antalya. Since n, rapprochement between Turkey and Germany has come again.

In addition, Peter Steudtner and Meşale Tolu were released from prison. The two German nationals are accused of supporting terrorist organisations. Steudtner and Tolu were in Turkish detention for several months.

Date Of Update: 07 January 2018, 12:02