Ambassador of Tajikistan met with the Attorney General of Turkey

On June 8, 2023, Ashrafjon Gulov, the son-in-law of Emomali Rahmon and the Ambassador of Tajikistan to Turkey, met with the Attorney General of Turkey, Bekir Şahin, and emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation between the parties.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, during the meeting, the parties discussed a number of issues of mutual interest.

In the past three months, dozens of Tajik citizens living and working in Turkey have been detained on various charges. The authorities of Tajikistan are expanding cooperation for the extradition of detained Tajiks back to their homeland.

A number of Tajik citizens living in Turkey told Azda TV that in the past month, several law enforcement officers from Tajikistan have been pressuring them in Istanbul and Ankara.

According to them, the situation has reached the point where these so-called law enforcement officers from Tajikistan, that is, several individuals in civilian clothes, visit markets and restaurants where Tajik citizens work, interrogate them, exert pressure, and threaten that if “they do not cooperate with them,” they will be detained and extradited to Tajikistan.