More German-Turks than ever before took part in the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey. Is this a good sign? In other elections, political actors applaud the increased turnout. But the uncertainty as to what this could mean in the case of Turks living abroad is considerable.
Especially among the Greens, who declare almost everything a question of morality and non-morality. First, the party passed a resolution on the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, which reads as a clear recommendation not to vote for the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For their own electorate, most of whom do not have a Turkish passport, this was a morally clean signal. Overall, however, it was unwise and cheap.
Naturalization offensive cannot be a consequence
The situation is similar with the statement of Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir. He explains the foreseeable high level of approval of many German-Turks for Erdogan with the failures of German politics in the integration of the guest worker generation and subsequent ones. As if there were an inevitability.
No one needs to vote for Erdogan. Everyone is still responsible for their own voting decision. The direct consequence cannot be, as Özdemir believes, to initiate a naturalization offensive now.