Osmanen Germania
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Germany Germany| Founded | Between late 2014 and April 2015 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Germany |
| Years active | 2014–2018 |
| Territory | Germany |
| Ethnicity |  Turkish |
| Membership | 300 members (at the time of dissolution) |
| Activities | Organized crime, Assault, Blackmail, Prostitution, Kidnapping, Narcotics, Gun crime, Intimidation |
| Allies | AKP, Grey Wolves |
| Rivals | Bahoz (Kurdish gang) |
Osmanen Germania or Osmanen Germania BC (OGBC) was a Turkish-nationalistic and extreme right criminal gang in Germany. It was formed some time between late 2014 and April 2015 and banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior under Horst Seehofer in 2018.
The gang was said to be financially supported by the Turkish ruling party AKP and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It had connections to the neo-fascist Grey Wolves.
Investigators from German security authorities have accused the Ottoman Germania of attacks and violent intimidation against left-wing Turks, Kurdish critics of President Erdoğan and the Gülen movement. Their activities are attributed to organized crime. According to Bundestag member Ulla Jelpke (Left), members of the Ottomans appeared as security guards at demonstrations by the right-wing extremist Gray Wolves.[1] There were also numerous violent clashes with the Kurdish-rooted Bahoz, which was also structured like a rocker gang.