The head of the German party compared the Erdogan regime with the early Hitler

The head of the German party compared Turkey during the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the 1933 Nazi Germany. In this year, Hitler took advantage of the reaches of the Reichstag to tighten the laws and repressions against political opponents, and the Turkish leader goes along the same way. This was in an interview with Bild Am Sonntag by the head of the free Democratic Party (SVDP) Christian Lindner.

According to Lindner, an attempt to coup in Turkey was organized from above, like the Reichstag fire in 1933. After arson, Hitler canceled most constitutional rights and freedoms and began repressions against the Communists (whom he accused of sabotage) and other opposition representatives. The next day, over 4 thousand oppositionists were arrested in the country and sent to concentration camps, recalls DW .

The head of the SVDP is convinced that Erdogan is trying to build an "authoritarian regime focused on him." Due to the fact that human rights and freedoms no longer play any role for Ankara, the Turkish president "cannot be a partner for Europe," the party leader is sure.

Lindner also criticized the "spineless" policy of the Federal Government of Germany against Erdogan and expressed indignation that negotiations with Turkey have not yet been discontinued.

In addition, the politician criticized the migration policy of the Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel. “Mrs. Merkel has been reassuring us for several months. She says that we supposedly can handle it. However, it does not give an answer,” he said.

After a failed coup attempt in Turkey, thousands of military were arrested. The authorities accused the supporters of the preacher Fethullag Gulen, who lives in voluntary exile in the United States. In addition to the military, many representatives of the intelligentsia were removed from their posts - university teachers and even theater actors.