The chairman of the Turkish community in Germany believes that the new DAVA grouping, which wants to run in the European elections and has been accused of having ties to the Turkish government, has little chance of success. “I see no reason to panic,” Gökay Sofuoglu told the media organization Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) in remarks published on Thursday. “A party that is only founded according to ethnic criteria and only focusses on ethnic issues has a marginal function.” “I don’t see how this party could get 5% of the vote in the next general election,” Sofuoglu said citing the minim…