Turkey has condemned an activist art installation in Berlin that portrayed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a dictator, shortly before he was due to arrive in Germany for the G20 summit. Kill dictatorship.”It was staged Monday afternoon by an activist art collective, the Center for Political Beauty, known for its provocative — but peaceful — “interventions” on humanitarian themes. “The fact that the German police did not intervene in the matter makes this incident even more grave.”The row comes at a time of strained relations between Turkey and Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel in March questioned Turkey’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law, while Erdogan suggested Germany’s Nazi past might not be entirely behind it. Philipp Ruch, artistic director for the Center for Political Beauty, told CNN the art installation had been staged to coincide with this week’s G20 summit in Hamburg.

Source: Egypt Independent July 06, 2017 09:11 UTC