During his visit to Vienna, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to about 1,000 guests – and immediately handed over to the “Sultan” Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Friday evening in an event hall in Vienna-Liesing: Where normally mainly Turkish wedding parties toast each other and shake their legs, almost 1000 guests are queuing. The Turkish foreign minister – ironically after the summit with his home colleague Alexander Schallenberg – took the stage with his mobile phone in hand and greeted the visitors – and immediately his boss, who was on the phone.
Erdogan to Turks in Austria: “I believe in you”
Thunderous applause erupts. “I greet you, my dear brothers and sisters abroad, with the warmest of feelings, may your Ramadan be blessed,” Erdogan begins. And also straight to the point: “May 14 is Election Day, as you know, a new date of change and transformation and change for us in Turkey and abroad”. He closes the conversation with the words “I believe in you.” More applause.
About 120,000 people with a Turkish passport live in Austria. Clumsy campaign propaganda for Erdogan’s AKP party? Of course not, because that would be illegal. The sultan himself introduced a corresponding law in the national assembly.
And then there is Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, who wants to make sure “the Turkish election campaign stays where it belongs”. To Turkey …
FPÖ criticizes Cavusoglu’s appearance
The FPÖ criticized Cavusoglu’s performance on Saturday. “Turkish election campaigns should not be allowed in Austria. Such campaign performances by Turkish politicians have no place in our country,” FPÖ Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz said in a broadcast on Saturday.
Source: Krone
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