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Kyrgyzstan denies role in Turkey's rendition of Gulen-linked educator

While the Kyrgyz government has denied helping Turkish intelligence services kidnap a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator, rights groups say it's unlikely that he could have been taken otherwise.
A photo of Orhan Inandi provided to the media by the Turkish government.

Kyrgyz authorities have denied claims that they conspired in the kidnapping by Turkish intelligence services of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who went missing from Bishkek on May 31, yet another victim of Turkey’s illegal rendition of alleged terror suspects.

A spokesman for Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said it was “absurd to speculate” that Kyrgyz authorities were involved in the kidnapping of Orhan Inandi. But rights groups say it's unlikely that he could have been taken without their complicity.

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