Source: The Local
Among the 35 people with diplomatic passports who applied for asylum with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), there were also spouses and children, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reports.The Interior Ministry also noted that there are no definitive statistics on the number of asylum applications by Turkish diplomats, stating that the figure of 35 is not a “complete and closed figure”.On July 15th, sections of the Turkish military attempted to topple Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan government. But within hours the putsch failed as Turkish civilians responded to a call by Erdogan to go onto the streets to resist the plotters.Since then, tens of thousands of people have been fired from their jobs and detained, including people in the judiciary, education and the media, as the government has gone after those it claims are sympathizers with the putschists.
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