BERLIN (Sputnik) — A total of 35 Turkish nationals with diplomatic passports have applied for asylum in Germany since a failed military coup attempt in Turkey, German Interior Ministry spokesman Johannes Dimroth said Monday.
"According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, a total of 35 people with diplomatic passports have made requests for asylum. It is not a statistics or a final figure yet," Dimroth told reporters.
According to the spokesman, this figure includes diplomats and members of their families.
On October 7, media reported that at least three Turkish diplomats had sought asylum in Germany in the wake of the failed military coup.
12 October 2016, 20:57 GMT
On July 15, the military coup attempt took place in Turkey, killing more than 240 people and injuring over 2,000. The coup attempt was suppressed the next day. Ankara has accused dissident Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has lived in the US state of Pennsylvania since 1999, and his followers of playing a key role in the coup.
Following the coup, thousands of people, mostly officials, legal and educational workers, were detained or dismissed over alleged ties to Gulen's movement.
