[DW] At least three Turkish diplomats have sought refuge in Germany following the failed July 15 coup, German media report. The reports come amid a tense period in relations between Ankara and Berlin.The three asylum cases included a military attaché to the Turkish embassy in Berlin, the German daily "Suddeutsche Zeitung," along with broadcasters "NDR" and "WDR," reported Friday.
The applications were made after Turkish authorities denied the validity of hundreds of diplomatic passports in the wake of the attempted putsch by a section of the Turkish military.
Tens of thousands of police, members of the military, academics, judges and others were either fired or detained in the weeks that followed, and diplomats posted abroad weren't spared either, according to the latest in a string of joint investigations by the three news outlets.