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Berlin Green MP Turgut Altuğ to Quit Party and Parliamentary Group on Nov. 30

He casts the move as a protest over authoritarian leadership that sidelines core ecological work.

Overview

  • He announced his resignation in an email circulated to Green members and civil-society contacts, which Tagesspiegel reviewed.
  • He accuses the faction leadership under Bettina Jarasch and Werner Graf of narrowing internal debate and suppressing dissent.
  • He says identity politics has come to dominate party work and faults the Greens for growing proximity to Die Linke, which he criticizes over handling antisemitism.
  • He claims he was excluded from his brief and that his key topic of urban trees was reassigned after the Volksentscheid Baum gained prominence.
  • He will keep his seat for now, intends to join another parliamentary group without naming which, and was not renominated as a direct candidate for 2026.