German police

The mastermind behind the planned attack on a shopping center in the west German city of Essen is linked to Islamic State terrorist, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in an interview with German broadcaster ARD.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has criticized Germany for the recent cancelation of rallies in support of constitutional change in Turkey, claiming that Berlin is working favor of the "no" campaign.

No member of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) and the Turkish Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) is a spy and their duty is not to spy on people, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Feb. 18. 

Accusations of espionage against Turkish imams in Germany stemmed from a "defamation campaign" that was tied to the political climate ahead of elections in the country, Turkey's top religious official has said.

German police raided the apartments of four imams suspected of spying for the Turkish government on followers of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of organizing last year's failed coup.

German police on Feb. 15 raided the apartments of four imams suspected of conducting espionage on behalf of the Turkish government against followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, which Ankara accuses of organizing the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. 

One of the artifacts stolen from the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum in 2009 has been found at an auction in Germany. 

The Culture and Tourism Ministry reported theft of the Roman-era color marble relief, which is valued at around 32,000 euros in the auction, to Interpol.

German police have arrested a 36-year-old Tunisian man suspected of trying to recruit people for ISIS. More than 1,100 German police searched 54 homes, business premises and mosques in Frankfurt and other towns in the western state of Hesse in the early hours of Wednesday arresting the Tunisian man suspected of planning an attack, German authorities said.

A woman has filed a complaint with German police alleging she was told to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was lactating.
Gayathiri Bose told the BBC she was “humiliated” by the experience and would explore formal legal action.
She said police at Frankfurt Airport were suspicious because she was carrying a breast pump but travelling without her baby.

The German Police has a list of 548 Islamists who the German authorities believe they pose a threat to the national security.

Among them are at least 50 Islamists whose asylum application has been rejected but they have not been deported.