US Consulate worker to be kept in Turkish detention till May
- Country:
- Turkey
- United States
A Turkish court ruled on Thursday to keep U.S. consulate employee Metin Topuz in jail as his trial continues, a lawyer for Topuz said on Thursday, meaning he will remain in detention until the trial resumes in May.
The trial of Topuz, a Turkish translator and fixer for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, has deepened strains in the already fraught ties between NATO allies Turkey and the United States.
Topuz is on trial for charges of espionage and links to a 2016 attempted military coup. Another defence lawyer had said earlier on Thursday that he expected Topuz to be released on bail.
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