Turkey’s significance to further rise in post-pandemic era: German envoy

Turkey can lure more businesses and investments in the post-coronavirus world due to the further geographical diversification of the international production locations of German companies, German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann has said, citing Turkey's well-educated labor force combined with modern infrastructure as the most important assets for a successful future.
After a five-year service in the Turkish capital, outgoing German Ambassador Erdmann and his wife Marion gave a farewell interview to the Hürriyet Daily News to make a general assessment on the German-Turkish relations and about their emotions on Turkey.

You are leaving Turkey after a five-year service. How would you characterize your term in Ankara as you are also about to retire from diplomatic service?

The past five years have been extremely eventful. During this period Turkey has gone through and produced more historical moments than a country can normally absorb. It is impossible to mention all of these historical moments in the context of this interview.

But let me mention as one outstanding example: The coup attempt of July 15 which fortunately failed. My wife and myself, we have spent this night at our residence which is located only 150 meters of air distance from parliament. During the course of many hours we were not aware of what was going on. A few days after the coup attempt a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly gave me a tour of the parliament building that was heavily destroyed. The damage was enormous. This tragedy with so many victims and injured people has shaken and shocked my wife and myself to the core. We will never forget this terrible night of the coup attempt.

I remember vividly numerous inspiring and fruitful...