Turkmen human rights defender denied transit through Türkiye citing national security threat
On November 22, 2023 a well-known human rights activist Tajigul Begmedova, who heads the Turkmen Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Bulgaria, was deported from Istanbul, Türkiye to Varna, Bulgaria. Turkish authorities cite “threat to national security” as the basis for the entry ban. On November 21, 2023 Begmedova flew to Istanbul, from where a few …
