Alliance of German Democrats

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Alliance of German Democrats
Allianz Deutscher Demokraten
AbbreviationAD-D [1]
Leader Ramazan Akbaş
General SecretaryUğur Karadağ
Founded2 June 2016;7 years ago (2016-06-02)
HeadquartersZebrafinkweg 8, 13129, Berlin, Germany
Membership2,500
Ideology German Turkish interests
Colours Blue
Bundestag
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European Parliament
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Website
ad-demokraten.de

The Alliance of German Democrats (German : Allianz Deutscher Demokraten) is a minor party in Germany aimed primarily at immigrants of Turkish origin. [2]

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History

This party was founded by the entrepreneur Remzi Aru in Nuremberg [3] directly after the resolution on the Armenian Genocide. According to him, no party is more eligible for (especially Turkish) migrants in Germany. Experts see a clear proximity to Erdogan and the AKP and a "narrow choice basis", as the party would appeal primarily to Turks - of which only half may vote in Germany. [4] [5] [6] The Alternative for Germany (German : Alternative für Deutschland; AfD) filed a complaint against the abbreviation ADD and won in the first instance. [7]

In mid-December 2017, a regional association of AD-D was founded in Bavaria. The first regional chairman is the industrial engineer Taner Kaplan. [8]

Elections

The party ran for the first time in the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017. [9] It achieved 0.15% of the second votes cast.

The state list of the AD-D in North Rhine-Westphalia was approved for the 2017 federal election. During the election campaign, the party posted pictures of Erdogan with a Turkish slogan that translates as "Turkey friends - stand with them! Give them your votes! Grow with them!" Nationwide, it received 0.1 percent of the votes in NRW 0.4%. In a few cities, the party became the strongest party among those parties that did not reach the Bundestag, for example in Herne with 1.2%. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Was läuft eigentlich bei der "Allianz Deutscher Demokraten"?". Deutsch Türkisches Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Heller, Lukas. "Allianz Deutscher Demokraten (AD-Demokraten)" (in German). Federal Agency for Civic Education . Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bayern hat eine neue Partei" (in German). Bayerische Staatszeitung . Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Online, FOCUS (2016-11-30). "Vorsitzender ist Erdogan-Fan: Migrantenpartei will der CDU Wähler abjagen". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  5. ↑ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan - "ADD"Allianz Deutscher Demokraten". der Freitag (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  6. ↑ Dernbach, Andrea (2016-11-26). "Wie eine Ethnopartei Migranten umwirbt". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  7. ↑ "AfD erwirkt vor Gericht einstweilige Verfügung gegen die "Allianz deutscher Demokraten"". AfD Kompakt (in German). 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  8. ↑ Schöne, Stefanie. "Erdoğan hat einen neuen Fanklub in Bayern" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung . Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Landeswahlausschuss lässt 31 Parteien zur Landtagswahl zu" (in German). Ministerium des Innern des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ergebnisse BW 2017 und 2013" (PDF). Herne (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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