‘Enemies of Turkey’: Erdogan tells ‘countrymen’ in Germany not to vote for Merkel’s party

‘Turkey’s president Recep Erdogan has once again lashed out against Germany, this time branding three of its political parties “enemies of Turkey” and urging his “countrymen” not to vote for them. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party was included on the list.
“I am calling on all my countrymen in Germany… the Christian Democrats (CDU), SDP, the Green Party are all enemies of Turkey. Support those political parties who are not enemies of Turkey,” Erdogan said following Friday prayers in Istanbul, as quoted by Reuters.
“I call on them not to vote for those parties who have been engaged in such aggressive, disrespectful attitudes against Turkey, and I invite them to teach a lesson to those political parties at the ballot box,” he said…
…German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel lashed out at Erdogan’s Friday statements, describing it as “an unprecedented act of interference in the sovereignty of our country.”‘
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