By Bosphorus News Geopolitics Desk
Germany deported 2,025 people to Türkiye between January 1 and September 30, 2026, up 25.5% from the same period last year. Figures published by the German Bundestag on October 30 show that deportations nationwide fell by 18.8% over the same nine months.
Christoph de Vries, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior, provided the figures in an October 29 written response to Clara Bünger, a Bundestag member from the opposition Die Linke party. The response appears under Question 16 in Bundestag document 21/8852.
Germany carried out 14,324 deportations during the first nine months of 2026, compared with 17,651 a year earlier. Türkiye was the leading destination, followed by Georgia with 883 deportations and Algeria with 629.
Türkiye's Share of Deportations Climbs to 14.1%
An earlier government response to Bünger, published in Bundestag document 21/2387, recorded 1,614 deportations to Türkiye between January and September 2025.
The latest total represents 411 additional deportations to Türkiye, despite a nationwide decline of 3,327.
Türkiye accounted for 14.1% of all deportations in the first nine months of 2026, up from 9.1% a year earlier. It had also ranked first among destination countries in 2025.
Iraq was the fourth most frequent destination in 2026, with 486 deportations, followed by Greece with 483, France with 481, Bulgaria with 466, Serbia with 464, Croatia with 463 and Morocco with 459.
The German government's tables classify deportations by destination country rather than citizenship. The figure of 2,025 people sent to Türkiye therefore does not establish that all were Turkish citizens.
Children and Older People Among Those Deported
Bünger's parliamentary question also sought an age breakdown of people deported from Germany.
De Vries reported that 1,558 children aged 13 or younger and 380 teenagers aged 14 to 17 were deported during the first nine months of 2026. Another 303 people were aged 60 to 70, while 33 were 71 or older.
These figures cover Germany as a whole. The response provides no separate age breakdown for deportations to Türkiye.
The government also recorded 179 deportations to Afghanistan, six to Syria and three to Iran between January and September.
The figures concern completed deportations, excluding voluntary departures and people who remain in Germany under orders to leave.
The parliamentary response does not specify the individual grounds for deportations to Türkiye or establish whether their increase was connected to any change in arrangements between Berlin and Ankara.
Sources: German Bundestag, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bundestagsdrucksache 21/8852, Bundestagsdrucksache 21/2387, Bosphorus News review and reporting.