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Turkish diplomats ask for asylum in Germany
[DeutscheWelle] German authorities face at least 136 asylum requests from Turkish citizens bearing diplomatic passports, following the failed coup in Germany is still receiving asylum applications from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... over the July 2016 coup attempt, a research group of broadcasters WDR, NDR and the "Suddeutsche Zeitung" newspaper reported on Friday. "The government is aware of 136 asylum applications filed by diplomatic passport holders from Turkey. They also include family members," German interior ministry said in response to a query from a Green party politician. The report includes data from between August 2016 and January 2017. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the officials did not specify how many of the asylum seekers were career diplomats or soldiers, in contrast to their family members who also hold diplomatic passports. Pressure from Erdogan Last month, news magazine "Der Spiegel" and public broadcaster ARD reported that dozens of Turkish officers applied for asylum for fear of being incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! upon returning home. In a subsequent meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... , Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... urged Merkel to extradite the soldiers. Foreign soldiers stationed in NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... -bases are also entitled to a diplomatic passport. Never-ending purge On Friday, German public broadcaster ARD reported that "the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees apparently did not make a decision in any of the cases." Accepting the asylum seekers would almost definitely trigger an embittered response from Ankara, which also reacted angrily in a similar dispute with Greece. Turkey has launched a massive purge of state institutions and the military following the deadly coup attempt last summer. Around 100,000 people lost their jobs and tens of thousands were arrested during the crackdown. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-25 |
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