2023-11-14 15:17:55
The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan next Friday could have brought a new start in German-Turkish relations. The cold relationships seemed to be warming up. But now Hamas’ attack on Israel and its military response in Gaza has caused new hardening: Erdoğan calls Hamas freedom fighters, the federal government considers them a terrorist clique.
Andreas Mihm
Economic correspondent for Austria, East Central and Southeast Europe and Turkey based in Vienna.
Words are followed by actions. The Turkish parliament has removed Coca-Cola and Nestlé instant drinks from sale in its restaurants – allegedly because the manufacturers supported Israel. Although this has more of a symbolic content, it is being imitated in calls, all the more so since the government is not taking action against it. Reports say Adidas is also affected.
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