The two arrested men have admitted that they spied on citizens from the United arab Emirates, writes the news agency Reuters. Both were arrested on april 15, but it was only on Friday that the arrest became known.
now for a possible link to the murder of the in the united states settled the saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was assassinated at the saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October last year. According to Reuters, the now suspect the man to have traveled to Turkey just days after Khashoggi was murdered.
Khashoggis body has not yet been found.
is a part of an investigation of a suspected spionring in Turkey. The country's authorities have, inter alia, seized an encrypted computer in an apartment in Istanbul which is believed to be the base for the spies.
According to a source within the Turkish counter-espionage services to the men spying on exilemiratier and students in Turkey.
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