Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Germany on Tuesday, will be the subject of protest at a rally organized by Kurdish associations supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Alawite nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and members of the Armenian community, Today's Zaman reports.At 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning the organizations will gather at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate for the rally against Erdogan, which will be under the leadership of the German Federation of Alevi Unions (AABF).Approximately 40 NGOs, including the Federation of Kurdish Associations in Germany, Association of Alevi Youth in Germany, Council of Armenians in Germany and the Assyrian Federation, are expected to participate to the rally.The organizations have cited Turkey’s Syria policy and the hunger strikes of members of the terrorist PKK and Kurdistan Communities’ Union (KCK) as the reasons for the rally.Erdogan is expected to discuss cooperation in efforts against the PKK and the crisis in Syria when he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel.During his visit to Germany, Erdogan will also attend the opening of the new compound of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin, which will be Turkey’s largest diplomatic mission building abroad.Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is accompanying Erdoğan on his visit, and his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, will also attend the opening ceremony.
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