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Human rights organisations in Moldova, the Center for Legal Resources of Moldova and Promo-LEX human rights association, on Thursday issued a joint declaration, protesting over the rights violations of seven detained Turkish nationals who it is suspected will be deported to Turkey.

German citizen Mehmet Y. was detained in the Bulgarian city of Varna late on Tuesday at the behest of the Turkish government.

The German Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrest and said the embassy in Sofia was providing the man with consular service.

Greek-Turkish relations took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry and other senior officials accusing Athens of violating the Geneva Convention and of protecting terrorists.

Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece following Turkey's failed coup in 2016, could be eligible to receive travel documents, according to the decision in May by the Council of State to grant him asylum.

Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece following Turkey's failed coup in 2016, could be eligible to receive travel documents, according to the decision in May by the Council of State to grant him asylum.

Two suspected members of the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, referred to by the authorities as the Fetullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), were brought to Istanbul by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) on July 12.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on June 29 issued detention warrants for 48 people over their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), by the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

In the second major operation against the group led by the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen after the June 24 elections in Turkey, detention warrants have been issued for 99 people by the Chief Prosecutor's Office in Ankara on June 27.

Turkey has sent enough documents to Washington for the extradition of the Pennsylvania-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is widely accused of masterminding the failed 2016 coup attempt, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint against Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), over his allegation that Erdoğan visited U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen before forming the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).