A security politician told Die Welt that Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency has some 6,000 informants in Germany. In comparison, Schmidt-Eenboom explained, the Stasi had around 10,000 agents in West Germany to monitor a population of roughly 60 million - meaning 6,000 people per agent. But the Stasi engaged primarily in gathering military, political or economic intelligence in West Germany, rather than targeting former citizens, as MIT seems to be doing in Germany, Schmidt-Eenboom said. "Turkey's internal conflicts between Gülen and Erdogan, and between Kurds and Turks have been brought into Germany, and are impacting the internal peace," Schmidt-Eenboom told The Local. The committee chair, Clemens Binninger, agreed that the role of the MIT in Germany should be addressed as soon as possible.

Source: The Local August 24, 2016 14:03 UTC