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Berlin (dpa) – Their hoods look strikingly like those of the "Hells Angels". On the internet, the rock band "Ottoman Germania BC" is martial, muscular and heavily armed. It is presented as a Turkish response to "Hells Angels".
It's not like driving a motorcycle alone: Officially, you claim to be a boxing club. As the club grew, so did the number of crimes that were supposed to be counted. On Tuesday the Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) pulled the emergency brake and pronounced a national ban on the rock group. "Anyone who rejects the rule of law can not expect any indulgence from us," said Seehofer in Berlin. From the rocker club out a danger to the general public.
The badociation claimed to want to "get out of the street". In fact, it has been noticed by violent territorial struggles and power, the federal government. With raids in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse, the ban was imposed Tuesday and confiscated property. In North Rhine-Westphalia, bastion of the Ottoman rockers, only prohibition orders and freezing orders were handed over.
In 2014 or at the latest in 2015, the "Ottoman Germania BC" was founded in Hessen and was sometimes considered the fastest rocker in Germany. More recently, 16 chapters with at least 300 Ottoman rockers have been elected nationwide. "Ottoman Germania" refers to the name of an ancient dynasty, named after the Turkish prince Osman, who reigned around 1300 in Anatolia.
Already in March, the police against the rock band was mbadive. More than 1000 police officers were in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse on duty. They searched nearly 60 objects and provided evidence, weapons and drugs. The evidence gathered in this case served to substantiate the ban, which has now been declared illegal, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
According to estimates by several federal states, the rockers of the ruling Turkish AK Party are close to the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan . According to the media, they were also supported financially by political circles in Turkey. In addition, the rock group has served as a gathering place for Turkish organizations related to events in Germany.
In Stuttgart, a trial has been held since March against eight alleged members, three of whom are among the most senior leaders. Men are charged with attempted murder, extortion, drug trafficking, forced prostitution, deprivation of liberty and procuring.
In Baden-Württemberg there were also conflicts between the nationalist "Ottoman Germania" and the Kurdish group "Bahoz". Ottoman leader Mehmet Bagci and his deputy were fired.
Raids in North Rhine-Westphalia included money laundering, falsification of documents, extortion and violations of the Narcotics Act. There, in February, the former "president" of the Wuppertal chapter of the "Ottoman Germania" was shot dead during a night police operation. An SEC official said the 43-year-old rocker's cell phone was considered a weapon in the dark. The public prosecutor still does not want to reveal the purpose of the operation.
NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) reported that the Ottoman activities were also directed against the PKK, the leftist Turks and the Gülen movement. Busy are the contacts of the Ottoman rulers to the advisers of President Erdogan. The group represents Turkish nationalist and extremist right-wing positions. At the same time, there are also links to the "gray wolves", a far-right Turkish group, observed by constitutional protection.
Self-portrait of the Ottomans Germania
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