Alwaght- Turkey has condemned Germany for refusing to confirm whether the country is sheltering the man suspected of executing the 15 July coup attempt last year.
Adil Oksuz, a civilian alleged supporter of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, has been missing since July 2016 after he was released from court following his arrest while trying to escape the Akinci air base on the night of the coup.
Oksuz is accused by Turkey of being the main conduit between Gulen and the military officers who carried out the attempted putsch, which led to more than 200 deaths.
Although his whereabouts have been unconfirmed, Turkish media has repeatedly accused Germany of harboring him.
On Saturday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said that Germany had refused to answer a diplomatic note issued during the week inquiring whether Oksuz was in the country.
"Turkey had demands but unfortunately a positive response could not be given to Turkey's expectations," said Bozdag, speaking to reporters in Yozgat.
"In fact, they did not. On the issue of Adil Oksuz, a positive response has not been given so far."
Oksuz has been described as Gulen’s "air force imam" due to his alleged role as the contact between Gulenists in the air force and supporters in other areas.
Tensions have risen exponentially between Turkey and Germany since the coup attempt.
Turkey has long accused Germany of being a safe haven for "terrorist" groups including the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETO), the country's pejorative name for the Gulenists, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C).
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged ethnic Turks living in Germany not to vote for the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) led by Chancellor Angela Merkel or any of the other larger parties.
"I tell all my kinsmen in Germany ... not to vote for them. Neither the Christian Democrats nor the SPD [Social Democratic Party] nor the Greens," he said.
"They are all enemies of Turkey."
He accused the SPD and CDU of playing a game of "the more you beat up Turkey, the more votes you get" during the election campaign.
