(Turkish Minute) Two executives from a Turkish-Islamist political association in Germany that is in the process of establishing a party named Demokratische Allianz für Vielfalt und Aufbruch (Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening, or DAVA) have denied claims that the new party is affiliated with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party, BBC Turkish reported.
A report by the German Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday about the establishment of DAVA, close to President Erdoğan, that will run in the upcoming European Parliament elections has led to alarm in the country, with many interpreting it as an attempt by Erdoğan to expand his influence on the Turkish population there.
