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Politics● Elevated17m ago · Nov 14, 2026, 7:31 AM

Espionage accusations: a pressure tactic for Turkish government critics

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from DW News [en] · Middle East

This week's arrest of an employee of a German foundation in Istanbul has put focus back on the Erdogan administration's pressure tactics. The arrest is far from the first of its kind.

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