Overview

• Der Spiegel reports that Samet Yilmaz was reassigned from Schleswig-Holstein’s domestic intelligence unit following a security review that raised reliability concerns.
• Yilmaz allegedly sought to prolong teardown permissions for the June 8 “Turkish Day” in Kiel’s Werftpark and tried to reach the city’s green spaces office on the holiday.
• The state intelligence report lists the annual festival as an example of activities associated with the ultranationalist Grey Wolves, which are monitored in Germany.
• Yilmaz previously led the unit for analysis of foreign-linked extremism and also serves as Green caucus leader in Kiel’s city council.
• Both Yilmaz and the Interior Ministry declined substantive comment, and the disclosure comes one month before Kiel’s November 16 mayoral election featuring nine candidates.