Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan
"Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan" (German for "Erdo-how, Erdo-where, Erdogan") is a satirical music video that was produced by German TV show extra 3 in March 2016. The song mocks Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Following the release of the song, Turkey summoned the German ambassador to Turkey and demanded that the song be taken down, a request the German government refused.[1] The Turkish government's response to the video led directly to the Böhmermann affair, when a German comedian responded with a vulgar poem directed towards Erdoğan, precipitating a diplomatic dispute.
Contents of the video
The roughly 2-minute-long video, set to the tune of "
Reactions to the video
On 22 March 2016, Turkish government officials summoned the German ambassador to the country, Martin Erdmann, and formally complained about the video, requesting it to be taken down.[1][4] In an example of the Streisand effect, the Turkish government reaction to the video inflamed the situation, resulting in widespread media coverage of the video.[2] By the 24th, the video had amassed over four million views, ten times extra 3's typical viewership.[4] Following Turkey's attempt to take the video down, German satirist Jan Böhmermann responded by reading an explicit poem about Erdoğan on his TV show in late March, resulting in what became known as the Böhmermann affair.[5]
The German public strongly opposed censorship of the video. A representative of left wing political party
According to the editor of extra 3, the production team was not notified of the complaint by either the Turkish or German governments, having heard about it on social media.[4] Responding to the controversy, the show added English captions to the video and promoted it on the channel's Twitter account.[1] They also posted a political cartoon featuring a caricature of Erdoğan saying "Entweder ihr entfernt dieses Video oder ich lösche das Internet" ("Either you erase this video or I will extinguish the Internet") while holding a fire extinguisher.[4][6]
For April Fools' Day in 2016, one week after the video made international headlines, EUobserver ran a satirical story falsely claiming that the video had been created by European Union member states and the United States as a means to attack Erdoğan, and that it had been personally approved by Merkel.[7]
Legacy
In 2017, extra 3 created a second song mocking Erdoğan, titled "Neuer Song für Erdogan" (New Song for Erdogan), this time set to the tune of Nena's song "99 Luftballons".[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Connolly, Kate (29 March 2016). "Turkey 'demands deletion' of German video mocking Erdoğan". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b c DeBattista, André (28 April 2016). "Big Boss from the Bosphorus". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Dearden, Lizzie (29 March 2016). "Satirical song mocking Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparks diplomatic row between Turkey and Germany". The Independent. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Eddy, Melissa (30 March 2016). "Erdogan's Attempt to Suppress German Satire Has the Opposite Effect". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Germany avoids Turkish rebuff over satire". Deutsche Welle. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ extra 3 [@extra3] (29 March 2016). "Vielleicht unser letzter Tweet... #Erdogan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rettman, Andrew (1 April 2016). "EU officials target dictators with satire". EUobserver. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Biazza, Jakob (24 March 2017). "Ein Jahr deutsch-türkischer Satirestreit – nur dafür?" [One year of German-Turkish satire dispute – just for that?]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.