Overview

• A Spiegel report says Yilmaz pressed Kiel officials to allow an extra day to dismantle the 8 June "Turkish Day" event and tried to reach the city’s green spaces office on the holiday.
• The Schleswig-Holstein intelligence report lists the festival as an example of activities by the ultranationalist Grey Wolves network.
• Authorities conducted a security review and reassigned Yilmaz from the state’s domestic intelligence to another Interior Ministry unit, while the ministry declines to discuss personnel matters.
• Yilmaz, who previously led the unit overseeing monitoring of Turkish right‑wing extremists and the banned PKK, calls the accusations baseless and cites legal confidentiality for not addressing details.
• The SPD’s Niclas Dürbrook urges Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin‑Waack to brief parliament and the public, with the Kiel mayoral election scheduled for 16 November.