Turkmen activists, who were beaten the day before in the consulate of Turkmenistan in Istanbul, filed a complaint with the police to open a criminal case, Haberler reports .
This was stated by lawyer Gülden Sönmez in front of the Çaglaýan court building . According to Sonmez, she and her clients intend to hold Turkmen diplomats and those associated with them accountable.
“People were just trying to convey to the president the information that thousands of Turkmen citizens cannot return home because the country's government and diplomats are not making enough efforts. For this, they were attacked and beaten,” the lawyer told reporters.
Additional details on the Turkmen-language page of the "Chronicles of Turkmenistan".
Recall that on August 16, a group of Turkmen activists tried to convey an appeal to Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov through the country's consulate in Istanbul. However, employees of the diplomatic department who came to meet them beat people.
38-year-old Atamurad Saparov received serious injuries from a blow to the head with a heavy object . He needed medical attention.
Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan