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The events in the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh front, the Commission’s critical report on Turkey and Erdogan’s regular maneuvers inside Turkey still occupy the German-speaking press.
Reviews of Augsburg General on the occasion of Turkey’s obvious involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh front:
“For too long, Erdogan has been successful with blackmail and military aggression. He instinctively exploits Europe’s fear of refugees and America’s growing indifference. But this time, the president may have overestimated his power. and tangible actions can stop it. “
Greece is being equipped
“Team at all costs” is tagged as analytics on the website. Tagesschau.de of the first German television channel (ARD), which states that “Greece feels threatened by Turkey” and lists in detail the weapons programs recently announced by the Greek government. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of France: “In the summer, the Greek and French navies demonstrated together, conducting joint exercises. French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes Turkey, not only for drilling gas in disputed waters, but also” France’s participation in the Libyan civil war. France wants to prevent the expansion of Turkish influence in the Mediterranean. “
Regarding the financial aspect of the new weapons programs, the ARD correspondent states: “To pay for the new fighter jets, frigates and weapons, Greece wants to increase its defense budget by a third. In the next ten years, the government from Athens “He wants to invest an additional ten billion euros in the armed forces. And this while Greece is already the country with the highest public debt in the EU. “
“Regression” in Turkey
Turkey’s critical progress report from the European Commission focuses on Mirror online. “EU accession negotiations with Turkey have been frozen for years and this is unlikely to change anytime soon as the Commission is stigmatizing the backwardness of the (Turkish) government on issues such as respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights “, He said.
“Candidate against his will” is the subject of an article by the Austrian Die Presse on Turkey’s European perspective, which states, among other things: “Turkey is moving further and further away from European values and norms, while constantly provoking new conflicts. “In the latest Commission report on the country’s European progress. What prevents Member States from suspending accession negotiations? “
Farmer murders in Van?
The newspaper analyzes the political maneuvers inside Turkey The world titled “Erdogan’s New Wave of Repression”. The columnist regards the upcoming debate in Turkey’s National Assembly on lifting the immunity of pro-Kurdish HDP MPs as a key point and notes: The party was founded in 2017 as a splinter group from the MHP (nationalist) and even the Date has not clarified whether he wants to be a more moderate nationalist or center-right alternative. Erdogan believes that the “Good Party is the weak link in the opposition bloc. In the summer, he and MHP leader Devlet Bahceli proposed a coalition with the ruling coalition. Aksener may have refused, but the ‘ Good Party ‘is on the government’s side on foreign policy Also on the Kurdish issue, many of its 38 parliamentarians are not lagging behind in the AKP and MHP positions. Clear their position. “
Serious accusations against the Turkish authorities for Frankfurter Rundschau“Three weeks ago, Osman Siban, 50, and Servet, 55, two Kurdish farmers from Chatak village in Van province, while working in the fields, were arrested by soldiers accused of terrorism. They were taken off. from the ground after a military operation against PKK positions near the village, in which three Turkish soldiers and three PKK fighters were killed. Within hours, Turkgut and Siban, who had nothing to do with the fighting, “Servetus Turkgut died last week in the intensive care unit at Van State Hospital. Osman Siban is on the mend, but has suffered a severe brain injury. “
Source: DW / Giannis Papadimitriou
