A Greek national’s arrest was being sought, according to national prosecutors in German, who were located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
According to the prosecution,” the accused is sufficiently suspected of having worked for a foreign brains service.”
Instead of using what one might consider to be “urgently,” the term “adequately” is used to show a slightly lower level of confidence in the claims made by European law enforcement.
The man, identified only as Greek resident Mehmet K., remains at large according to officials.
What is his accusation?
European officials believe he was cooperating with Turkish police and intelligence agencies in tracing Fethullah Gulen, a recently deceased preacher and rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is accused of being the architect behind a failed coup attempt in 2016 and of supporting him.
Between September 2018 and August 2021, prosecutors wrote that Mehmet K. had written to Turkish officers and intelligence agencies many times in obscene words. He gave contact information about the people from his Düren orbit who he had assigned to the movements of the Islamic preacher Gulen, and additional details about them.
Düren is a town of around 93, 000 people to the north of Cologne, not far from the borders to the Netherlands.
Gulen passed away in the US next fortnight at the age of 83. Erdogan’s past alliance had denied involvement in the alleged coup attempt in 2016.
In the wake of the incident, Turkish government made tens of thousands of arrests.
