Turkey called Friday on the United States to respect its judicial independence after Washington criticized the conviction of a Turkish US consulate employee on terror-related charges. An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced Metin Topuz, a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the consulate, to eight years ...
A Turkish court has sentenced US Consulate employee Metin Topuz to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of espionage and aiding a ‘terrorist group’, Anadolu News Agency reports. Topuz, who was working as a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is accused of contacting ...
