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| Europe |
| 'Turkey is like Germany after 1933' |
| 2016-12-01 |
| [DeutscheWelle] More and more Turks are applying for political asylum in Germany. They feel threatened and repressed by the Erdogan government, and they fear for their lives. Most applicants are Kurds, like Mazhar Zumrut. Elegantly-dressed Mazhar Zumrut does not want to speak with us in the asylum center's community room: He doesn't trust the others living there. "They could spy on me," he whispers. He is mistrustful, and feels persecuted and spied upon even in supposedly safe Germany. Yet, he is doing better here on the German countryside at the edge of North-Rhine Westphalia. He has settled in here, in his small, brightly-painted room. He says he has no other choice. Fighting for political asylum |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Gee. Sounds like a day in the life of a Trump voter. But with the regrettable islamist overlay that jugears ran out of time to import here. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-01 04:54 |