Afrin's New Assailants: Inside the Grey Wolves, The Anti-Kurdish, NATO-Aligned Group Tied to German Arms Exports
Nach unten scrollen für Deutsch As citizens across Europe protest daily against Erdogan's invasion of Afrin, a shadowy far-right armed group aligned with the Turkish ultra-right and NATO has become intimately involved in the war in northern Syria. The organisation, known as the "Grey Wolves," has also been involved in the harassment of pro-Kurdish protestors in Germany, according to news sources. The Grey Wolves were founded exactly 50 years ago in 1968, at the apex of a period of social revolution in Europe and the world. Turkey was no exception to this trend, and nationalist leaders in the country were deeply concerned with the potential popularity of communist and left-wing ideas in Turkey. Set up by Alparslan Türkeş , the group was to function as the paramilitary group of the ultra-right MHP party, and began its life targeting student activists and left-wing people. However, it soon acquired the character of a death squad, similar to those backed by the US ...