Another ‘Suleymaniye’ Attempt in Prizren

Ozeller resisted when the police tried to confiscate his gun, and the five began fighting. People in the square intervened when the Germans started to hit Ozeller with truncheons.

Going through a medical check-up, Captain Ozeller has been given three days medical leave.

The attack on Captain Ozeller was the first instance of physical hostility to Turkish soldiers from allied soldiers, but German troops reportedly have adopted an antagonistic attitude to Turks for the last five months.

NATO had deployed a 50,000-strong force in the Serbian province of Kosovo to enforce a U.N.-endorsed peace deal with Yugoslavia and help hundreds of thousands of Kosovo refugees return home.

K-FOR operates under the auspices of the UN, but is under NATO military command.

CIMIC was formed by NATO to establish the necessary conditions to bridge the civilian-military gap in Kosovo, and its members are permitted free movement in Pirizen by K-FOR.

Celil Sagir / Istanbul / TURKEY