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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 06:42 AM Jun 2016

Turkish extremists put bounty on head of german parliamentarian

http://www.dw.com/en/german-mp-calls-for-a-travel-ban-on-erdogan/a-19324400

Turkey is pissed at Germany for declaring the turkish massacre of millions of Armenians during WWI to be a genocide.

Turkey is especially pissed that the turkish-ethnic members of the german parliament agreed with this resolution.



Sevim Dagdelen, a member of the Bundestag, demanded that "anyone in Turkey who calls for violence against members of the German parliament should get an entry ban" to Germany. "This includes President Erdogan," she told the German newspaper "Bild am Sonntag."

The Duisburg-born politician has a 100,000 euro ($112,000) bounty on her head, the paper reported, following a resolution adopted by the German parliament on June 2 calling the massacre of Armenians genocide.

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Since the vote, Dagdelen and 10 other German MPs of Turkish origin have faced the ire of Turkish nationalists, receiving death threats and even having their personal details published in newspapers and in mosques.

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The politicians are now under 24-hour police protection after Erdogan compared them to terrorists and demanded they have blood tests to prove their Turkish origins.
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Turkish extremists put bounty on head of german parliamentarian (Original Post) DetlefK Jun 2016 OP
Tough shit for this group JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #1

JustAnotherGen

(31,780 posts)
1. Tough shit for this group
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:09 AM
Jun 2016

Germany 'knows' what a genocide is. Their 'rights' as a country (Turkey) end when they threaten to murder German officials who are not bound to make Turkey happy.

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