Reuters notes that Mete Canturk is the third U.S. consulate worker to be convicted in Turkey. Hamza Ulucay was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison on terrorism charges. Metin Topuz, a translator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at the consulate in Istanbul, was sentenced in June to nearly nine years in jail for aiding Gulen’s network.
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Third US Consulate Istanbul employee jailed in Turkey. https://t.co/LSE3MJpHeJ
— Diplopundit #VotedForDecency (@Diplopundit) October 28, 2020
Turkey jails US consulate worker to 5+ years in prison on charges he aided Islamic sect govt blames for failed 2016 military coup. Mete Canturk is 2nd employee at US mission that NATO ally Turkey has jailed this year despite US claims cases lacked evidence https://t.co/E1Jr6XdncV
— Ayla Jean Yackley (@aylajean) October 27, 2020
A day after Turkey’s presidential spokesman Kalin and US national security advisor O’Brien spoke on phone, Nazmi Mete Canturk, a US consulate employee in Istanbul, is slapped with 5 years 2 months sentence for “aiding FETO,” or Gulenists who are behind 2016 coup attempt. https://t.co/60YS9NNQsU
— Servet Günerigök (@servet_ggk) October 27, 2020
Nazmi Mete Cantürk becomes 2nd staff member of the US Consulate in Istanbul to be sentenced over links to the terrorist group FETÖhttps://t.co/qZbydl70ER
— DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) October 27, 2020
The Trump administration is failing its moral obligation to stand up for Turkish State Dept employees Hamza Ulacay, Metin Topuz, & Nazmi Mete Canturk, @hbarkey + former ambassador Eric Edelman argue. Other authoritarian states may take note. https://t.co/WvUwyJmb9V
— Ted Reinert (@tedreinert) July 31, 2018
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