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Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Aug. 19 that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call on Turkish citizens in Germany not to vote for Merkel, Schulz and Greens only aimed at Turkish-origin voters not other German citizens. "This is very clear but there are statements (from Germany) that are very disrespectful, insolent and immodest.

Interpol has removed Turkey from its database after Ankara uploaded a list of 60,000 people sought over suspected links to what Turkish prosecutors call the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), daily Karar has reported.

The decision to suspend Turkey’s access to the database of sought individuals came after the July 2016 coup attempt.

Interpol has removed Turkey from its database after Ankara uploaded a list of 60,000 people sought over suspected links to what Turkish prosecutors call the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), daily Karar has reported.

The decision to suspend Turkey's access to the database of sought individuals came after the July 2016 coup attempt.

Interpol has removed Turkey from its database after Ankara uploaded a list of 60,000 people sought over suspected links to what Turkish prosecutors call the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), daily Karar has reported.

The decision to suspend Turkey's access to the database of sought individuals came after the July 2016 coup attempt.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have pledged further cooperation in the fight against terrorism during Merkel's visit to Ankara, while the German leader also stressed the impartiality of her country's courts regarding the extradition of Turkish coup attempt suspects. 

The Turkish authorities have sent files to Germany regarding Zekeriya Öz, a controversial Gülenist prosecutor who is currently believed to be in the country. 

After determining the exact address where Öz is staying in Berlin, Turkey has formally requested his extradition to Turkey. 

Dozens of Turkish diplomats, military officers and their families have sought asylum in Germany since the July 15 coup attempt, local officials have said. 

The Interior Ministry said 35 Turkish diplomatic passport holders had formally applied for asylum.

The fifth penal chamber of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals ruled on March 23 for an arrest warrant for a public prosecutor who conducted the major Dec. 17, 2013, graft probe and was later dismissed from the profession.

Turkey's top judicial body has dismissed two judges who were arrested for ordering the release of 76 suspects thought to have links to the "Fetullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETÖ), as well as two other judges who released three police officers that were detained on charges of illegal wiretapping.

Countries that accuse Turkey of not doing enough against foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq have actually released foreign fighters deported by Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has stated.