Erdogan jibes at Nazi Germany serve his drive for new powers | Reuters
By Ralph Boulton and Andrea Shalal | ISTANBUL/BERLIN ISTANBUL/BERLIN Tayyip Erdogan's portrayal of a Germany mired in its Nazi past was calculated to infuriate Berlin while swaying Turks at home and abroad to vote "yes" to sweeping new presidential powers he seeks. Erdogan certainly achieved the first aim, with one German politician dubbing him the "despot on the Bosphorus" and Chancellor Angela Merkel declaring that the remarks only trivialised Nazi crimes against humanity.“With his foolish and absurd Nazi comparison... Читать дальше...