Germany starts to withdraw troops from Turkish Incirlik base

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Germany starts to withdraw troops from Turkish Incirlik base

Germany has started to withdraw troops from a Turkish air base where they have been supporting international operations against the so-called "Islamic State." This follows a row with Ankara over access to the base.

The motion to pull the troops out of Incirlik had been approved by the German parliament in June, after parliamentarians had repeatedly been refused access to the roughly 260 soldiers stationed at the facility. Turkey had denied German lawmakers requests to make what they saw as routine visits to the base.

A German defense ministry spokesman said on Sunday that the withdrawal from the Incirlik base in southern Turkey's Adana province was the next step in one of several bilateral disputes between Germany and Turkey.

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