Good morning. In today’s issue: The destiny of 300 Turkish people hangs on Brazil’s Supreme Court. New leaks show more links between Moro and prosecutors. Congress examines loans to Venezuela, Cuba, and Mozambique.
The destiny of 300 Turkish people hangs on Brazil’s Supreme Court
Tomorrow, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court will analyze Turkey’s request for the extradition of Ali Sipahi, a Turkish-Brazilian restaurant owner accused by his home country of involvement in conspiracy and terrorism due to his links with the Gülen movement—also known as Hizmet—inspired by exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen. Mr. Sipahi was arrested on April 5 after a request from the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government.
He was later released on May 7—but has been forced to wear an ankle monitor.
Fethullah Gülen is regarded by President Erdoğan as an enemy of the state, and Hizmet is classified as a terrorist organization. But the evidence against Mr. Sipahi himself is thin: a transfer of approximately BRL 1,100 to the now-defunct Asya bank in 2014. Even so, Brazil’s reciprocity treaty with Turkey means his arrest was a must for local authorities after a request from the Turkish government.
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