MOSCOW (Sputnik) – "More than one person" has made such a request, Paul Junker, district administrator in Kaiserslautern told Spiegel on Wednesday.
The exact number of Turkish servicemen and their family members who want political asylum in Germany is unknown. They are allegedly applying over fears triggered by Ankara’s post-coup-attempt crackdown.
According to Spiegel, their applications are being submitted to Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
On July 15, a military coup attempt took place in Turkey. It was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed during the coup attempt and an estimated 2,000 were wounded.
Ankara accused Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who has been living in the US state of Pennsylvania since 1999, and his followers of playing a key role in the coup.
According to the Turkish justice minister, a total of 32,000 military officers, high-ranking civil servants, judges and teachers suspected of being Gulen's supporters have been arrested in Turkey after the failed coup attempt.
