Attack on German Footballer Stokes Fears of Turkish Hits Abroad
The suspected attempt on the life of a German Kurdish football player and outspoken critic of the Turkish government is fueling suspicions the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could be targeting opponents abroad. On Sunday, Deniz Naki’s car was shot at twice while he was driving in Germany. The footballer escaped without injury. “I could have died,” Naki said in an interview with Germany’s Die Welt newspaper. “I always knew something like this could happen. But I would never have expected it to happen in Germany.” Naki, who was born in Germany, plays for the Amedspor football …