The Turkish president reproaches these ten diplomats, including those of the United States, Germany and France, for having signed a call for the liberation of the businessman and Philanthrope Osman Kavala .
Le Monde with AFP
Using brilliant shots, Recep Tayyip Erdogan calms the game. The Turkish president has given up the ten diplomats at risk because of their support for the philanthropist imprisoned Osman Kavala. Western ambassadors in Turkey have “retreated” and “will be more cautious in the future,” he said, Monday, October 25. “Our intention was not to arouse a crisis,” but to protect the sovereign rights of Turkey, “said Erdogan.
This new algarade occurs after the ten ambassadors referred to in Ankara, launched a common appeal to the liberation of Osman Kavala, Turkish patron imprisoned for four years without ever having been convicted.
In a statement published Monday, October 18, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States had claimed a “Right and timely settlement of the case”. This call followed a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which ordered the release of the patron, what Ankara refuses to do.
“Turkish justice does not Receives Order of Person “
This communiqué constituted an “attack” and an “insult” against Turkish justice, said Erdogan, during a speech delivered after the meeting of his Government. “It was my head of state’s duty to make the necessary response,” said Turkish President, believing that “Turkish justice does not receive anyone”.
“Their new communiqué shows that they declined,” said Erdogan, after the ten countries concerned affirmed, by disclosure, to act in “compliance with the Vienna Convention and Article 41” which supervises the diplomatic relations and prohibits any interference in the internal affairs of a host country.
m. Erdogan had announced on Saturday ordered the expulsion “as soon as possible” of the ten diplomats, without however that this announcement is followed by an official notification to the States concerned. Return ambassadors could open the door to an unprecedented diplomatic crisis, lined with a monetary crisis.
The Turkish currency continues to devalue (currently 9.73 pounds for a dollar, compared with 1.86 in 2011), while inflation reaches 19.5%. Many households can no longer complete their ends of months. Finally, GDP per head fell to $ 8,610 (7,380 euros) per person in 2020, compared with $ 12,489 in 2013. Hence the constant loss of popularity of the president and his party of justice and development ( AKP) in the surveys – a first in nineteen years of absolute power.