Three Turkish nationals had been profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to the Foreign Ministry in Ankara, as Judicial document dated December 13, 2018 reveals spying on critics by the Turkish diplomatic missions.
The documents revealed that the Turkish government used its diplomats in Jordan to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and gather intelligence about them to help forge a criminal case.
Critics of the Erdoğan government abroad, especially members of the Gulen movement, have been facing surveillance, harassment, death threats and abduction since President Erdogan decided to scapegoat the group for his own legal troubles.
Turkey's foreign ministry sent lists of profiled Turkish nationals in two CDs to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the national police and Turkey’s intelligence agency MIT on February 19, 2018 via an official document for further administrative or legal action, the punishment of their relatives back in Turkey and the seizure of their assets.
Erdogan's critics abroad have often been denied consular services such as power of attorney and birth registry as well as having their passports revoked. Their assets in Turkey are seized and their family members at home risk criminal charges.
Moreover, MIT infiltrated refugee camps in Greece in order to spy on opponents who were forced to flee to Greece to escape an unprecedented crackdown in neighboring Turkey.
It is clear that Turkish diplomatic missions violate the domestic laws of receiving states and the principles of international law by conducting unlawful information-gathering campaigns and sweeping intelligence operations.
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