Ankara is forbidding Berlin to provide asylum to Turkish military personnel.

 
German authorities “are absolutely not allowed to accept these asylum requests,” Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said in a video published by Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu.

At least 40 Turkish NATO officers, mostly high-ranking, have applied for asylum in Germany. The German interior and migration ministries stated that the requests will be treated according to regular processes.

Turkey last week threatened to back out of its migration deal with the European Union after Greece refused to extradite soldiers on Ankara’s request.