Germany’s highest court upheld a ban on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
broadcasting a message to supporters at a rally in Cologne on Sunday, leading
the Turkish president’s spokesman to question the “real reason” behind the
decision.
Thousands of Erdoğan’s supporters attended the rally in the
city in western Germany to express support for his policies following a failed
attempt by a group within Turkey’s military to overthrow the government on July
15.
According to an Associated Press report, Erdoğan’s spokesman
Ibrahim Kalin said Sunday that Turkey was “curious what the real reason German local courts and the Constitutional Court have prevented
[Erdoğan’s] message, and hope German officials will provide a satisfactory
explanation.”
Police in Cologne said Turkey’s sports minister is expected
to attend the rally, but authorities imposed the condition that no messages
from speakers elsewhere, such as politicians in Turkey, could be shown on a
video screen, Associated Press reported. The German Constitutional Court
decided late Saturday to uphold that policy.
It comes amid concerns in Germany and elsewhere in the EU
over Erdoğan’s harsh crackdown following the failed coup.
The president declared a state of emergency and purged the
military, courts and the media of tens of thousands of employees on suspicion
they had participated in the attempt to oust him.
Zafer Sirakaya, head of the Union of European Turkish
Democrats that organized the Cologne rally, criticized the court ruling and
said it was politically motivated.
“There is no acceptability to this ruling from a legal
perspective. It is extremely clear that this is a political decision,” Sirakaya
said.
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