Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) with Metin Kulunk who reportedly funded a bike gang to violently protest Germany Armenian Genocide recognition
BERLIN—A Turkish member of parliament has reportedly provided money to a boxing gang in Germany to buy weapons, organize protests and go after critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Deutsche Welle reports.
Metin Kulunk, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and close confidant of Erdogan, directly and indirectly provided money to the Turkish nationalist Osmanen Germania, according to research by Frontal 21, an investigative news program on public broadcaster ZDF and the daily Stuttgarter Nachrichten.
The investigation was based on German police phone taps and surveillance of the group leaked to the news organizations.
It suggests a relationship between Osmanen Germania and Kulunk, as well as the Turkish intelligence agency MIT, the AKP’s European lobby and Erdogan himself.
Members of the Osmanen Germania biker gang
Osmanen Germania describes itself as a boxing club and “brotherhood,â€
