Do IS terrorists travel to Germany with special Turkish passports?

A video has been circulating on social media networks for a few days that could uncover an outrageous scandal. A retired Turkish colonel posing as Ümit Öztürk recounts an incident in a video taken at an airport that raises grave fears.

In the video, the retired colonel tells how he was led into an adjoining room by security personnel when he entered Germany and was then allegedly interrogated by German and US secret service employees. The unusual thing about the story is that the colonel is a holder of the so-called ‘Yeşil Pasaport’ (‘Green Passport’). In Turkey, this special pass is usually only given to the highest and selected officials, with which they can exempt themselves from the visa requirement.

However, according to Öztürk, after his identity could be determined, he was allowed to go again after 45 minutes. Later, a senior commissioner who is said to have been there is said to have told him that the same Turkish green passports had turned up among people trained in Syria, mostly of Turkmen and Uzbek origin. He was pulled out because his renewed green passport would also not have a stamp.

She reportedly went on to share how this issue was uncovered. In Berlin, a Yazidi girl recognized her tormentor and rapist from captivity at the terrorist organization ISIS in a restaurant, whereupon she alerted the police. The police then discovered this type of passports and other people from his environment, so that this practice was exposed. Also, the passports found on the terrorists would pass all security checks.

In the video, the retired colonel asks how it is possible that these passports, issued by the Turkish Interior Ministry, can be distributed to IS terrorists and other terrorists and then demands a statement from the Turkish Interior Ministry.

So far, however, the Turkish Ministry of the Interior has not published a statement; in fact, until now, neither the major Turkish nor the German media have taken up the matter, although it is an accusation that should weigh heavily on bilateral relations.