DW: Germany starts to withdraw troops from Turkish Incirlik base
Germany has started to withdraw troops from a Turkish air base where they have been supporting international operations against the so-called "Islamic State." This follows a row with Ankara over access to the base.
The motion to pull the troops out of Incirlik had been approved by the German parliament in June, after parliamentarians had repeatedly been refused access to the roughly 260 soldiers stationed at the facility. Turkey had denied German lawmakers requests to make what they saw as routine visits to the base.
A German defense ministry spokesman said on Sunday that the withdrawal from the Incirlik base in southern Turkey's Adana province was the next step in one of several bilateral disputes between Germany and Turkey. These range from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup clampdown on dissidents to Turkey's political campaigning in Germany in the run-up to a key referendum held in April giving Erdogan sweeping new powers.
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2 comments:
Yep. Obama negotiation tactics 101 (In other words, none).
Merkel takes her ball and goes home.
Prolly best. Germany's too strapped with precious welfare imports to afford much of that icky military stuff.
I thought it was the food.
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