"There are cases on 4,500 terrorists [members of Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in Turkey] being considered in Germany for years… At the same time, the Constitutional Court made a decision to impose a ban on President Erdogan's address in 24 hours. The court demonstrated incredible speed of the work. These are undisguised double standards," Kurtulmus told a press conference.
On Sunday, some 50,000 activists took part in a rally in support of Erdogan and in protest against a recent Turkish coup attempt in Cologne. Earlier that day, media reported that the German Federal Constitutional Court banned broadcasting of the president's speech at the rally, as it runs contrary to the German legislation.
On July 15, an attempted coup took place in Turkey, and was suppressed by the following day. Over 240 people were killed during the coup attempt and an estimated 2,000 were wounded.
On Friday, Erdogan said it was shameful that Western countries showed little support for the Turkish government with none of the European leaders paying a visit to Ankara following the coup attempt, instead raising concerns over the fates of the plotters.
