The only major newspaper which wrote about a ban was "Die Welt" on January the 25th.
http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/a...tscheiden.html
They quoted the turkish broadcaster NTV who claimed that the film was forbidden. From a german journalist I expect to know his stuff when they write about german laws and do not utter stuff or quote claims without checking out the facts. The turkish NTV journalist obviously was thinking about their own, draconic censorship laws when they fabricated their bs. However this says much the work ethos of both "journalists"
"Die Welt" from the next day stated a more correct version about the film rating:
http://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompak...-ins-Kino.html - nothing about a ban to read there
Given the fact that we have an international community reading the stuff here, I want correct facts about bans and censorship in Deutschland. Note: I do not say that I approve the film, I share the opinion that it is a dumb flic. It's like learning about Viet Nam from Rambo 2. But I do not believe in forbidding films. The people who will be influenced by it are too stupid to understand any facts about the conflict anyway.
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