Germany is talking about the six-hour action staged by the Kurdish youth at RTL building. While a criminal complaint was filed against Kurdish youngsters who presented a four-page file to RTL about the isolation on PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and the human rights abuses in Kurdistan, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Westerwelle, reacted strongly to the action and said; “We stand by Turkey in the fight against the PKK”.  

Demonstrators were met with the harsh attitude of the police and television authorities who didn’t allow them to appear on the country's prime TV program “Explosiv” to tell about the recent operations of the Turkish army and the Kurdish policy of the AKP government that has been stiffened in the recent process.

About 30 demonstrators were hurriedly taken into custody by the police, and the RTL administration filed a criminal complaint against Kurdish demonstrators who didn’t damage the building nor interrupted the broadcast streaming in any way.

Following the action which started at 16:30 and lasted till 22.00, the most interesting statement came from the Free Democratic Party’s (FDP) Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle. Arguing that the action of Kurdish demonstrators is a blow dealt in the freedom of press, Westerwelle said; “Germany and the European Union consider the PKK as a terrorist organization.”