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Turkish MP linked to boxing gang in Germany
[DW] An investigative report links Ankara to a boxing gang in Germany accused of going after opponents of the Ottoman Turkish government. The report ties a Ottoman Turkish MP close to President Erdogan to violent criminal activity.
We’ve got phone taps, fat envelopes full of money changing hands, gun trafficking, “spontaneous” brawls... all because it is a crime for Sultan Recep Tayip Erdogan I, the much beloved, to be contradicted by anyone anywhere. A taste:
A Ottoman Turkish parliamentarian has provided money to a boxing gang in Germany to buy weapons, organize protests and go after critics of President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
, German media reported on Wednesday.

Metin Kulunk, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and close confidant of Erdogan, directly and indirectly provided money to the Ottoman Turkish nationalist Osmanen Germania, according to an investigation by ZDF-Magazin Frontal 21 and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten.

The investigation was based on German police phone taps and surveillance of the group leaked to the news organizations.

It suggests a relationship between Osmanen Germania and Kulunk, as well as the Ottoman Turkish intelligence agency MIT, the AKP's European lobby and Erdogan himself.

Osmanen Germania describes itself as a boxing club and "brotherhood," but authorities have long suspected it of being involved in criminal activity and violence. It is estimated to have 20 chapters and 2,500 members in Germany.

One of Kulunk's main contacts was Mehmet Bagci, the former head of Osmanen Germania who has been in pretrial detention in Germany since 2016. Another key figure was the group's vice president, Selcuk Sahin, who is also detained.

According to police investigations, Osmanen Germania was instructed by Kulunk to go after Kurds and critics of Erdogan living in Germany. He also allegedly organized protests against last year's Armenian genocide resolution passed by the German parliament.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-14
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