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The handover of Buyuk to the Turkish authorities
The Bulgarian government and then-chief prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov helped Turkey persecute various opponents of the regime in Ankara, violating international conventions and legal principles.
This was announced by SPIEGEL magazine in a special investigation, citing secret reports from the Turkish embassy in Sofia.
It is clear from its content that, in addition to Borisov and Tsatsarov, the Bulgarian special services also participated in the deportation of Abdullah Buyuk.
Buyuk, wanted by Ankara on suspicion of links to the preacher Fethullah Gulen’s organization, was quietly handed over to the Turkish authorities in August 2016 in a way that has been criticized in many places. This happened without trial, without the possibility for him to consult a legal advisor or his family or to initiate an appeal against the broadcast, and Vice President Margarita Popova denied political asylum to the Turkish citizen.
Now the German magazine reveals that Buyuk’s fate was discussed, or rather predetermined, in the first days after the attempted coup in the summer of 2016.
“Immediately after the attempted coup in Turkey, Prime Minister Borisov and the head of the secret services met with the Turkish ambassador in Sofia. According to a Turkish diplomatic report, the conversation was about the Buyuk case.” Mr. Borissov understands the seriousness of the problem … At this time it will be to organize a personal summit between the judiciary to launch a new trial, “the document said. In another statement from the embassy, Turkish diplomats announced that the prime minister I would arrange a ‘quick fix’. “, writes the magazine
The headline is “How Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov Becomes Erdogan’s Servant”, using the word henchman, which makes sense to a loyal, supportive or assistant employee who is not a major subcontractor in the system, but performs suspicious or criminal actions and their only value to an organization is that they are unconditionally loyal to the boss.
“In fact, there was a meeting between the Turkish ambassador and the then Bulgarian prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov shortly after. The report said that the senior magistrate appeared to have provided the Turks with sensitive information about Buyuk. The Turkish side was invited to submit a new request. extradition “. Prosecutor Tsatsarov will go on annual leave in August. But before that, he will personally handle the case, “wrote the embassy in a letter for internal correspondence.”
The bottom line is that the secret messages from the Turkish embassy that Spitel received indicate that Borissov, Tsatsarov and the Bulgarian secret services actively participated in the deportation of a member of the Turkish opposition (…) after the Bulgarian courts earlier rejected outright the extradition request “.
The publication claims that in this way Borissov helped Turkey persecute political opponents, and this violates international conventions. In most European countries, continues SPIEGEL, the court considers the cases in Turkey after the uprising to be politically motivated and blocks the extradition of Turkish citizens because they cannot rely on a fair trial in their home country. “In the Buyuk case and in Bulgaria, two courts have reached the same conclusions.”
Erdogan accuses Germany of aiding terrorism, calls France a “provocateur”, sends thousands of immigrants to the Greek border but not the Bulgarian border in March, and threatens Greece with war in recent weeks, but on the side of the EU with similar tirades from the Turkish president. saved, adds author Maximilian Prop. “There is a special friendship between Erdogan and Borissov.”
Buyuk was arrested more than 3 years after his extradition and has been under house arrest since December 2019. “The fate of 7 other Turkish citizens deported from Bulgaria in October 2016 is similar. Neither Borisov nor Tsatsarov wanted to comment on the matter. when we look for them. “
SPIEGEL says that the “secret association with the Turkish regime” that Tsatsarov appears to have carried out has not affected his career at all.
