Kyrgyz teacher at school taken over by Ankara-backed foundation detained in Turkey: report - Turkish Minute

Kyrgyz Teacher Disappears After Reported Detention at Istanbul Airport

A Kyrgyz mathematics teacher has reportedly gone missing after being detained by Turkish authorities at İstanbul Airport, raising fresh concerns about ongoing transnational repression by Turkey targeting individuals with past ties to the Gülen movement. Azamat Nurmat Uulu, a teacher at Hussain Karasev High School in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region, traveled to Turkey on April 20 with six students to attend an international math olympiad in Antalya…

Kyrgyz teacher at school taken over by Ankara-backed foundation detained in Turkey: report - Turkish Minute

A Kyrgyz math teacher who traveled to Turkey last week for a student competition has not been heard from since Turkish border authorities reportedly detained him at İstanbul Airport, according to a report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service. The incident has raised fresh concerns about transnational repression targeting educators once affiliated with the Gülen movement, even after their schools were handed over to the Turkish sta…