Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based journalist. His recent book is Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin (The New Press).
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COLOGNE, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 23: The central mosque of DITIB, the Turkish Islamic union that runs Turkish mosques across Germany, stands at twilight on February 23, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. German authorities have launched investigations into the activities of DITIB imams and other employees over allegations of spying against Turks in Germany whom the Turkish state suspects of having ties to the Gulen movement. DITIB is the religious arm of the Turkish state. Its imams are schooled in Turkey and their salaries paid by the Turkish government. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a massive attack against the movement of his rival Fethullah Gulen, arresting thousands of people Erdogan accuses of supporting Gulen and playing a role in the 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey. Gulen has a strong following among Turks in Germany and the movement runs a network of schools and other institutions. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference with Sweden's Prime Minister (not in picture) in Stockholm on January 31, 2017.
Merkel is on a one-day official visit to Sweden. / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - A policeman walks at the Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), the day after a terror attack, in central Berlin, on December 20, 2016.
German police said they were treating as "a probable terrorist attack" the killing of 12 people when the speeding lorry cut a bloody swath through the packed Berlin Christmas market. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 28: German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for delegates at the German government Balkan conference at the Chancellery on August 28, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia are participating in the conference that also includes Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. (Photo by Jochen Zick - Pool / Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 27: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (not pictured) prepare to listen to their countries' national anthems upon Groysman's arrival at the Chancellery on June 27, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Merkel is scheduled to receive French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and European Council President Donald Tusk later today to discuss the consequences of last week's Brexit vote. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 24: German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the media following the United Kingdom's referendum vote to leave the European Union on June 24, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Leaders across the EU are expressing disappointment and regret over Britain's decision to leave the European Union. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
An election campaign poster of presidential candidate Norbert Hofer from the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOE) is seen in Vienna, Austria on April 19, 2016.
Some 6,3 million Austrians are eligible to vote in presidential elections to take place on April 24, 2016. Candidates from Austria's two main parties look set for defeat in the elections, with polls suggesting they are lagging behind the three frontrunners, including a far-right contender. / AFP / JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
A refugee holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the arrival of refugees at the main train station in Munich, southern Germany, September 05, 2015. Hundreds of refugees arrived in Germany on September 5, 2015 coming from Hungary and Austria. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Hungarian police officers face a group of Syrian migrants on the platform of the Kobanya-Kispest station, Budapest suburb, on September 2, 2015, as the refugees refused to board a train to the Debrecen camp. Hungarian authorities face mounting anger from thousands of migrants who are unable to board trains to western European countries after the main Budapest station was closed.
AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)
