Germany continues to keep silent in the face of the Turkish state attacks and massacres in Afrin, while upholding their intolerance for YPG and YPJ. Bavarian police in particular stand out for their peculiar stance against people posting YPG or YPJ flags on their social media accounts.

Bavarian police have now launched a scandalous investigation against Munich resident musician Johannes König, citing a link to an article in the state radio-television Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).

The state media corporation had published an article on the young activist Benjamin Ruß whose home was raided for having posted YPG/YPJ flags on his Facebook account last August. Musician König shared this link in his own account.

KÖNİG: “RIDICULOUS”

The Munich Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against König because the YPG flag is visible in the article’s preview. König was called in for a deposition via mail for the investigation launched on Munich police’s demand. König is to give a deposition to the police on March 19 for “banned symbols” and said the following on the Munich prosecutor’s stance in a quote to the ANF:

“The criminalization of Kurdish freedom movement symbols in Germany is kneeling down in front of the Turkish regime. Kurds deserve our solidarity, especially after the Turkish state attacks against Afrin, the Kurdish people need such solidarity.”

König said he didn’t add any comments when he shared the article subject to the investigation and that the YPG flag was visible in the preview. König said: “This pressure has reached peak madness. It’s ridiculous. If it wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be laughing stock. The Munich police is threatening press freedom as well.”

STRANGE YPG-PHOBIA BY THE BAVARIAN POLICE

German police has banned YPG flags in many demonstrations, and carries out raids on the homes of people sharing a YPG flag or photographs of YPG fighters on their social media, especially in the state of Bavaria.

Recently in November, the police had raided the home of scholar Kerem Schamberger in Munich for showing solidarity with the YPG. As the German police’s fear of the YPG continues in parallel with the Erdoğan regime’s animosity against the YPG, reports say certain Turkish-German police chiefs stationed in the police force are leading the way to create such a perception.