Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to “disintegrate” people of Turkish origin in Germany and “build a parallel world,” says Volker Beck. The background is reports about the founding of a “Turkish Islamist party” called DAVA (Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening) Four men who are said to have previously worked for President Erdoğan's ruling party AKP or its support organizations want to run as top candidates for the European elections.
Green Party European politician Anton Hofreiter was also concerned.