The secret services of Turkey, Germany, or both, are accused of orchestrating an “attack” against Kenan Ayaz, according to his team, after one of his lawyers reported that his laptop was stolen from the hotel room.
Details revealed by KenanWatch on Wednesday disclosed that two “historic” court hearings had taken place last week in Hamburg, Germany, where Ayaz is currently held.
His team arrived in Germany on December 18 and left Hamburg on December 22.
During his return trip, one of Ayaz’s lawyers in Berlin discovered that the laptop was stolen by “unknown persons who sneaked into his hotel room” while he was away.
Despite “a substantial amount of money” being in the room, it was left untouched, the statement said.
“The hotel door was locked with an electronic card,” it added.
“This particular computer was used in all trials on the lawyers’ bench and was also the computer that the KenanWatch team used to post updates on Ayaz’s trial.”
The laptop “contained sensitive information for the trial and defence of Ayaz.”
According to the statement, Ayaz’s lawyer in Germany filed a complaint immediately and the prosecutor of the Hamburg High Court, handling the case, was also informed about the matter, and “showed particular interest in investigating the matter”.
Ayaz’s team said they would not be deterred from such actions and would continue their fight.
“There is no doubt in our minds that this was a serious attack by the secret services of the Turkish or German state, or both in cooperation, an operation in the context of the special war against the revolutionary movements, especially the Kurdish one.”
Ayaz faces charges related to his membership in the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), deemed to be a terrorist organisation under German law.
He was imprisoned in Turkey for 11 years in 1993, before being acquitted and later indicted in Turkey in 2010, before coming to Cyprus and being granted refugee status.
He was then arrested in Cyprus following a European arrest warrant and extradited to Germany in April.