Germany - Anger Over 4 Meter Golden Turkish President Erdogan Statue In Wiesbaden (Video)

The hits just keep on coming for German Chancellor Ms Angela Merkel these days. After two days of unrest in the east German city of Chemnitz, some local councilor in Wiesbaden must by now regret his decision to allow a 4-meter high gold statue of Turkish President Erdogan to be unveiled in a park for a local art fair. The timing seems quite unfortunate.

The ‘Kunstfestival’ known as the “Wiesbaden Biennale” features the massive gold statue as one of its centerpieces. The title of the art fair is “Bad News.“

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Die Stadt <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wiesbaden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wiesbaden</a> entscheidet: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Erdogan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Erdogan</a> Statue darf bleiben. Diese Aktion unter dem Deckmantel der Kunst ist eine Bankrotterklärung des bürgerlichen Kulturbetriebs. Diese „Provokation“ ist in ihrem Kern nicht fortschrittlich, sondern reaktionär. Erdogan abreißen! <a href="https://t.co/Wf5S2Qtmo0">pic.twitter.com/Wf5S2Qtmo0</a></p>&mdash; Red Revolution (@REBELLWiesbaden) <a href="https://twitter.com/REBELLWiesbaden/status/1034378514475220992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The Turkish diaspora in Germany was quick to go and take photographs with their favorite president whilst local Germans have, on the first night already, taken the opportunity to spray the statue with graffiti reading ‘Turkish Hitler’ and ‘Fuck You’.

The mayor of Wiesbaden, social democrat Mr Sven Gerich was quick to point out that in the German press today that the statue was discussed extensively before authorization was given.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Eine Erdogan Statue aufzustellen ist keine Kunst, es ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht von jedem, der vor diesem Diktator nach Deutschland floh.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wiesbaden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wiesbaden</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Erdogan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Erdogan</a> <a href="https://t.co/bQAUDkpAUE">pic.twitter.com/bQAUDkpAUE</a></p>&mdash; Ali Utlu (@AliCologne) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliCologne/status/1034369753282953216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2018</a></blockquote>

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This is not the first spat of anger over a depiction of Turkish President Erdogan at a German art fair.

Related coverage: <a href="https://thegoldwater.com/news/19207-Turkey-Furious-At-German-Museum-Depicting-Erdogan-With-Banana-In-Ass"> Turkey Furious At German Museum Depicting Erdogan With Banana In Ass</a>.

Back in February of this year Mr Erdogan’s supporters, there are about 5 million Turks living in Germany, demanded that the museum who had dared to hang a picture of their president with a banana stuck in his ass.

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That image by artist Thomas Baumgärtel entitled "Turkish dictator," was subsequently taken down from the “Art Karlsruhe fair” after protests by the Turks.

Source:

https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/article215193505/Vier-Meter-grosse-Erdogan-Statue-in-Wiesbaden-aufgestellt.html

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