Caliphate State is a Turkish Islamist group based in Cologne, Germany, banned by the German government in 2001. The opening snapshot from just before October 7, 2023 stated that "Metin Kaplan plead his innocence despite constantly praising the attack as a Jihad." The opening today says only that the group is Turkish and Islamist and was banned in 2001, though the word survives 3 times in the body. A reader today learns the group was banned by Germany but not that its leader praised a violent attack as jihad while denying guilt.
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Caliphate State ( ; ) is a Turkish Islamist group based in Cologne , Germany. It was founded in 1984 as the Union of Islamic Community and Associations in Cologne by Cemalettin Kaplan. It started to use the name Anatolian Federated Islamic State in 1992 and the Caliphate State in March 1994. It is strongly against the Republic of Turkey , it also views Diyanet and DİTİB as unauthentic and corrupt. With the death of Cemalettin Kaplan in 1995, his son Metin Kaplan took over the leadership of the organization. Metin Kaplan, who led the organization during its attempted attack on Turkish Republic Day , was arrested in Germany in 2000, was extradited to Turkey in 2004 and the organization was banned in Germany in 2001. Metin Kaplan plead his innocence despite constantly praising the attack as a Jihad . Some members of the organization were arrested as a result of the operations carried out by Turkish police units on October 28, 1998, during the attempted attacks. A weekly newspaper of the organization called Ummeti Muhammed was also published. Localizing Islam in Europe .1
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It was banned by the German government in 2001.
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“jihad” now appears 2× under See also, 75% of the way down the article
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