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| Spain releases Dogan Akhanli, German author detained on Turkish warrant |
| 2017-08-21 |
| [DW] German- ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... issued an Interpol arrest warrant, has been released. His detention added more strain to ties between Ankara and Berlin. Akhanli will be released from detention on the condition that he remain in Madrid, his lawyer Ilias Uyar said. Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... noted that it was just one of many cases of Turkey pursuing and detaining German citizens. "That's why we have massively changed our |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Akhanli had written a book about the Armenian genocide, and Erdogan got all butt-hurt. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-08-21 15:53 |
| #1 If it's so 'unacceptable', then why the conditional release? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-08-21 14:15 |