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Erdogan says Germany is 'committing suicide'
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has claimed Germany is "committing suicide" by not allowing him to speak to Turks at a rally in Germany. "Germany needs to correct this mistake," he told the Die Zeit newspaper, adding that "We need each other". Germany has blocked Mr Erdogan from making a speech to supporters during the G20 summit in Hamburg later this week, which could have drawn huge protests from Kurds living in Germany.
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Here in Belgium he was also not allowed to give speeches a few months back. Which is how it should be, I think.
So, to be on the same line, Germany has to follow suit or else it will not show any unity with Europe, which will be against their own politics. That's how Germany can keep quite some territory under control (together with France).
Edit (after some thinking): My guess is that Erdogan wants to get a firm control over Europe, but he clearly forgets the influence of his country by the start of pretty much both world wars. I am not sure if he does know his country's history, but if so, it looks like he is out for something really stupid.