Kurdish young man Muhammed Tunç from Ulm is to be flown out to Turkey on a charter plane on April 7 after his deportation failed twice. The 32-year-old has been in the Pforzheim deportation prison for almost three months and has contacted the public with new information about his case.

In a press release on April 4, Tunç pointed out that the deportation could be prevented twice so far by his and by public protest and that he is threatened by well-known Turkish fascists from Turkey, who obviously maintain relations to paramilitary structures and have already threatened politicians in Germany in the past.

Open threat in the Turkish consulate

Tunç continued: "On the initiative of some members of the state parliament, the regional council in Baden-Württemberg, together with the BAMF, had made the proposal to my lawyers after my prevented deportation that I would be allowed to leave for a third country if I left voluntarily. In order to avoid the danger of deportation to Turkey, and thus safe detention and torture, I accepted this proposal.

On March 23, accompanied by German officials, I went to the Turkish consulate in Stuttgart and applied for a passport. What I experienced there was unbelievable. In addition to the racist remarks that were made, the Turkish civil servant told me that there was an arrest warrant against me because I had not done my military service in Turkey and that as soon as I entered the country I would be forcibly recruited directly into the military. He stated that there, I would 'look completely different' than I always portray myself on the Internet. That has been an open threat."

Offer for departure to third country withdrawn

According to Tunç, he knows "from reliable sources" that a charter flight for Thursday, April 7, from Saarland has already been rented for him for some time. The offer of voluntary departure to a third country has since been withdrawn by the authorities without giving any reason. "I am shocked by the withdrawal of this offer,” Tunç said.

Despite the open threats from Turkey, despite the public outrage that also drew the attention of the Turkish authorities to me, and despite the certain arrest and forced recruitment into the Turkish military, which commits war crimes on a daily basis in Syria (example: Afrin), in Iraq (example: use of chemical warfare agents) and elsewhere, I am now to be deported by charter flight on April 7. I declare here in all clarity again; the German authorities will be responsible for all what will happen to me because of my deportation to Turkey. I am in imminent danger of being sent into the arms of the Turkish military, which could deploy me somewhere in the war in the Middle East."

Tunç listed as "enemy" in Turkey

Muhammed Tunç was born and raised in Ulm in 1989 and holds Turkish citizenship. In Turkey, he is at risk of political persecution, imprisonment and torture due to his pro-Kurdish commitment in Germany. However, the Ministry of Justice of Baden-Württemberg does not want to admit this. The authority considers the deportation justifiable and justifies the decision with a "delinquency" in connection with two court sentences against the Kurd for dangerous bodily harm. The convictions came after clashes with Turkish nationalists from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's party. According to Tunç, his name is known to the authorities in Turkey as "enemy."