# Claims of Turkey Exit Bans and Payment Demands Affecting Kurds in Germany

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116485341045506087
- Source account: [@dw_turkce](https://x.com/dw_turkce)
- Source language: Turkish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 2026-10-31
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany) You live in Germany, you go to Turkey, but you can't return.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=4) These are the claims of an association called the Kurdish Community in Germany.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=7) So what happened? According to the association, after visiting Turkey, some Kurds who want to return to Germany encounter bans on leaving the country.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=15) More strikingly, they are allegedly asked for up to ten thousand euros to have the ban lifted.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=21) In fact, according to them, such incidents have begun to occur more frequently.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=24) The association has now called on the German government to take action against Turkey and demanded that these incidents be investigated.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=32) It is unacceptable for people in Germany who exercise their freedom of expression and freedom of assembly to then be treated as criminals for this reason when they visit Turkey.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=39) This affects those who are alleged to have been impacted by this situation. to the people allegedly affected Berlin is being asked to provide diplomatic support.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=46) It is estimated that one million three hundred thousand Kurds live in Germany, and Turkey also plays a central role in Kurdish migration to Germany.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/cRdbSAsqYwL9/en/claims-of-turkey-exit-bans-and-payment-demands-affecting-kurds-in-germany?t=54) Moreover, last year, Turkey was the country to which Germany carried out the most deportations.