A total of 296 Turkish diplomats and 881 service passport holders have claimed asylum in Germany since the controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, according to a report by Die Welt newspaper on Saturday.
The number of asylum-seeking Turkish diplomats and holders of the service passport, which is only given to senior public officials and their family members, who have sought protection in Germany has increased to 1,177 in June 2018, Die Welt said.
The report also stated that the total number of Turkish asylum seekers from all backgrounds hit 3,382 in 2018 alone. The reason for the mass exodus from Turkey was Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post-coup crackdown against its critics: Gülen movement supporters, Kurdish minority, journalists, academics and dissident people from many other walks of life.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 15. On December 13, 2017 the Justice Ministry announced that 169,013 people have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on April 18, 2018 that the Turkish government had jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen movement. (SCF with turkeypurge.com)
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