Turkey wants German rejection of asylum applications

istanbul - Shortly reject the visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel in Ankara, Turkey has called on Germany urged the asylum application of about forty Turkish soldiers working at NATO institutions.

The Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said according to reports from the CNN Türk Monday that granting asylum ' very serious consequences would be. ''

Some of the mainly senior officers say they were not involved in the failed coup in Turkey, but are nevertheless afraid of being arrested on returning to their homeland.

The German immigration and allow the Ministry of the Interior know that their requests are treated like any other. Merkel performs Thursday, a day before the European summit in Malta, consultations with the Erdogan government.