Turkey MP 'arranged protests' against Germany's Armenian Genocide billDecember 14, 2017 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Metin Kulunk, a member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has allegedly provided money to a boxing gang in Germany to organize protests against the Armenian Genocide resolution passed by the Bundestag, Deutche Welle reports citing local media. On June 2, 2016, a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide passed almost unanimously in the German Bundestag. In response, Turkey recalled its ambassador in Berlin and Germany's Turkish community held protests in several German cities. The Turkish parliamentarian has reportedly ordered the gang to buy weapons, organize protests and go after critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A close confidant of Erdogan, Kulunk directly and indirectly provided money to the Turkish nationalist Osmanen Germania, according to an investigation by ZDF-Magazin Frontal 21 and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten. The investigation was based on German police phone taps and surveillance of the group leaked to the news organizations. It suggests a relationship between Osmanen Germania and Kulunk, as well as the Turkish intelligence agency MIT, the AKP's European lobby and Erdogan himself. In June 2016, specialists from the Hamburg criminal office observed Kulunk personally hand the former leader of the gang two envelopes in Berlin. The envelopes were believed to be full of money. Moments later Kulunk called Erdogan and organized protests against the Armenian Genocide resolution in the German parliament. Osmanen Germania participated in the protests. Related links: Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |