Cem Ozdemir tells public audiences how he was wrapped in a towel in a Turkish bath when a German woman walked in naked. So he dropped his towel “to show that I was well integrated at home in Germany.”

The story is Ozdemir’s way of showing that even though he’s an ethnic Turk, he is comfortable with German ways. The message is all the more important now that he will be named co-leader of the influential Green Party this weekend. The appointment will make him the highest-ranking ethnic Turkish politician in a country that still tends to keep its Turkish minority at arm’s length.

This is followed by desecration of Muslim graves.

Update: Left-wing demonstrations prevent the conference from going ahead.