As voting continues in abroad for the elections to be held on June 24, all Turkish citizens registered in the Turkish consulates in Germany have been sent letters signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In the letters, Erdoğan is reportedly asking for their votes in return for the services provided for citizens living abroad.
According to a report by pro-Kurdish Fırat news agency (ANF), the letters were sent to everybody who ever had any business with Turkish consulates in Germany, to register addresses or to renew passports/IDs for instance.
The report said that the letters were sent from the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Erdoğan in Ankara and have been addressed personally to each and every voter. The messages Erdoğan gives to Turkish citizens living abroad boil down to, “We made such and such so easy for you, so you should vote for us.”
It is said in the letters that “We have improved public services for our citizens abroad. We turned our Consulate Generals into communication points that truly serve you. We put thousands of teachers and religious workers so our children can learn their own language, culture and religion. We issued grants for our youth’s education and made Turkish universities available to them free of charge.
“Voting will be held between June 7 to 19 in ballots set up abroad. In these elections with historic importance for the future of our country, we will take the first steps of a new beginning with your help. We promise our brothers in the country and abroad that there will be a ‘Strong Parliament, Strong Government, Strong Turkey’ on top of all our services in the last 16 years.”
The German government had announced that it will not allow Turkish politicians to campaign within their borders for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held in Turkey on June 24 beside of some other European countries. Austria, the Netherlands and Germany had also not permitted campaigning by Turkish government officials for the referendum held in Turkey on April 16, 2017.
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from Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-consulates-in-germany-send-erdogans-propaganda-letters-to-expat-turks/
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