Permission to enter Hamburg during the G-20 summit was denied to the 12 guards of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had brutally attacked peaceful Kurdish demonstrators in the US in May. Germany's domestic secret service, the 'Verfassungsschutz', and Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced officially that the 12 guards of Erdoğan, against whom warrants of arrests have been issued in the US, will be denied permission to enter Hamburg.

This year's G-20 summit will be held on 7th and 8th July in the German city Hamburg. Among the participants will be also Turkish President Erdoğan, who will expectedly be demonstrated against extensively. German Security Forces have already taken measures to prevent possible cases of violence by Erdoğan's guards against protesters.

The decision of Germany's domestic secret service to bar the named guards entry as a first step, has been published in German paper 'Die Welt am Sonntag', mentioning a secret service list of those bodyguards wanted in the US.

“ONLY POLICEMEN WILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY”

German Minister of Foreign Affairs stated publicly as well that those guards 'won't be allowed into the Summit'. Hamburg State Interior Affairs Senator Andy Grote spoke to 'Welt am Sonntag', saying, "The security in Hamburg will be absolutely managed by the police. We won't allow any intervention by any other side."

Police Direcorate to Hamburg, Ralf Martin Meyer, had already issued a warning addressing to the guards of foreign states' presidents, Erdoğan's in the first place, a week ago against probable incidents during the upcoming World Summit.

A similar warning was also issued by Hamburg State Prosecution Office that vowed to intervene and initiate legal proceedings should a similar incident to what happened in the US occur in Germany.