Turkey pursues neo-Nazi cases

Turkey pursues neo-Nazi cases

Source: XINHUA | 2011-11-20 | ONLINE EDITION

ISTANBUL, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Saturday that Turkey would bring those who killed Turks in Germany to justice in its effort to intervene in the neo-Nazi cases.

The minister made the statement at a “session of ministers” as part of the World Turkish Entrepreneurs Congress in Istanbul on Saturday.

Davutoglu said that no one should doubt Turkey’s intention to bring those responsible for the killing of Turks in Germany to justice.

“They were killed due to racism. We consider them to be martyrs. They were killed just because they were carrying the Turkish identity that we carry. We will follow up on the acts of the racists who killed the Turks in Germany,” Davutoglu said.

Turkey is preparing an application to German courts to get involved in the judicial process being launched against far-right extremist suspects accused of killing eight Turkish citizens between 2000 and 2004.

German security forces recently revealed that a neo-Nazi cell calling itself the National Socialist Underground is suspected of committing a string of racist murders, including the killing of eight Turks.

The crimes have caused soul-searching across the country, which is concerned about tarnishing its image in the eyes of the international community.

Germany is home to nearly 3 million Turks with 700,000 of them holding the German citizenship.

The revelation of the neo-Nazi cell fueled concerns among the Turkish community, which has suffered from similar extreme-right attacks in the past.

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