Germany arrests 3 accused of spying for Turkey

Associated Press ^ | Dec 18, 2014 12:05 PM EST

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German prosecutors said Thursday that they have arrested three Turkish men accused of spying on compatriots in Germany for Turkish intelligence.

The federal prosecutor’s office said two of the suspects—identified in line with German privacy rules only as Muhammad Taha G. and Goksel G.—were arrested Wednesday at Frankfurt airport. The third, Ahmet Duran Y., was arrested at his home in western Germany. …

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I take it by ‘compatriots’, the article means fellow Turks.

I recall seeing a pretty fair-sized PKK demonstration in Berlin back in 2010; if Turkish Intelligence is involved, I gotta wonder if the three arrested men were spying on PKK members/associates/sympathizers?

Or maybe they were spying on members of the Gülen movement (Hizmet) which has a pretty sizable presence in Germany as well? Or, well.....who knows? MIT spies on pretty much everybody, LOL, and they strike me as keeping a sharp eye on Turkish expats overseas, especially those who might be involved with the PKK or Hizmet or other groups they deem ‘potentially dangerous’. I know there was a big raid in Istanbul on Zaman Today, a Gülen-owned newspaper in Turkey, the other day, and Turkey caught a lotta flack for it from the EU.

Interesting.

[I want the USA back]

Germany - you should have kicked the bearded savages out a long time ago.

[Usagi_yo]

Turkey announced recently the arrest of several media and political members for being disrespectful to the Turkish President or prime minister Erdoğan. We know Turkey has been supporting Isis as some of the ISIS troops come from across the Turkish border to attack Syria. The Turks are probably the purchaser of the discount oil ISIS has been selling. Turkey has been ever and ever slipping towards and Islamunist state. I think it's safe to say that Turkey will betray us at the prime opportunity to cause the most damage.