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Turkish NATO Soldiers Seek Asylum in Germany
[AnNahar] Several dozen Turkish soldiers assigned to NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... have sought asylum in Germany, a media report said Saturday, quoting officers who said they fear jail and possibly torture back home. Around 43,000 people are under arrest in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on charges or links to last year's failed military coup against President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... "About 40 Turkish troops, mostly of high rank and stationed in NATO bases, applied for asylum in Germany," Der Spiegel magazine and the ARD television station said in a joint report. One officer, who insisted he had no connection to the coup attempt or sympathy for those behind it, was quoted as saying: "If I return to Turkey I risk imprisonment, or perhaps torture." The report quoted Germany's interior ministry and Office for Around three million Turkish people live in Germany. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-30 |
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