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| German MPs vote for troop withdrawal from Turkish Incirlik base after visitation row with Ankara | |
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| The German parliament has voted to approve the transfer of its troops from Turkish Incirlik Air Base to Jordan, following tensions with Ankara. | The German parliament has voted to approve the transfer of its troops from Turkish Incirlik Air Base to Jordan, following tensions with Ankara. |
| 461 out of 569 lawmakers in the Bundestag (the German parliament) voted on Wednesday to transfer soldiers and equipment from Incirlik to a new site near Al-Azraq, Jordan. | |
| The ruling CDU/CSU alliance backed the motion, which was also supported in part by the Left Party and the Greens. | |
| The decision to pull out of Incirlik Air Base came after the refusal by Turkish authorities to allow members of the Bundestag to visit the base. It is said to be linked to Berlin’s refusal to extradite several Turkish army officers accused of involvement in last year’s attempted coup. | |
| “The Bundeswehr is a parliamentary army, which is subject to control of the Bundestag,”read the official statement from lawmakers. | |
| In order to carry out its constitutional duties effectively, the statement said, it must be possible for MPs to visit the troops where they are stationed. | |
| “Visitation rights are non-negotiable for us,” said the CDU’s Henning Otte. | |
| Over the next few weeks, the approximately 260 German troops as well as several Tornado jets and tanker aircraft stationed at Incirlik will make their way to Jordan. | |
| Since Germany is part of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Jordan, the Bundeswehr is suspending its operations for two months. |