President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election victory in Turkey has also been publicly celebrated by his supporters in Hesse. Honking cars drove through many major cities – but according to police, there were no incidents anywhere. In Frankfurt, around 500 cheering supporters celebrated in front of the Consulate General on Sunday evening. A bit of fireworks had also been ignited, a police spokesman reported on Monday. Honking horns and cheers could be heard in many places in the city. Supporters held Turkish flags out of car windows, and queues of cars formed at some intersections, and vehicles with hazard lights stopped on the roads.

In Hanau, around 100 supporters gathered briefly on a central square in the city, and two parades were on the way, police reported. A parade of 40 to 50 cars also caused traffic disruptions for a short time. In Offenbach, the parade consisted of about ten vehicles. In Gelnhausen there were about 30 to 40 cars with honking drivers on the road, in Dietzenbach about 50 people celebrated outside.

Majority of German-Turks did not vote

The majority of Turks living in Germany did not take part in these celebrations. By way of comparison, around 160,000 citizens with Turkish passports live in Hesse. The majority of them did not take part in the vote on the future Turkish president. Of the minority of German-Turks who cast their ballots in Germany, about two-thirds voted for Erdogan.

"Several motorcades spread throughout the city, and all peacefully," reported a police spokesman from Kassel. There were also some fans with bouncing cars in Fulda and Limburg. "In Stadtallendorf, they honked their horns briefly, drove a few laps, and that was it," a police spokesman reported.

On the other hand, Turgut Yüksel, a member of the SPD state parliament in Frankfurt, called the election result in Turkey "a disappointment for all democrats". He demanded: "Germany must realign its relations with Turkey." This applies to politics and business. The extension of Erdogan's presidency is a sign of success for the autocrats of the world.