Turkish forces have detained 11 commandos who were on the run after their alleged involvement in an attempt to kidnap the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during last month’s attempted coup. There were minor clashes between Turkish nationalists and Kurds at Sunday’s rally in Cologne, which drew Erdoğan supporters from around Germany. According to reports, the fugitive soldiers were spotted by villagers out on a boar hunt, who notified the authorities. The Turkish EU minister, Ömer Çelik, described the ban as a “deviation from freedom of speech and democracy”. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the rogue commandos were caught in the Ula district of Muğla province.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2016 10:04 UTC