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‘Gülen-connected’ school manager loses asylum appeal in Georgia

by OC Media

•4 min read

The Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld on 26 January the decision to deny asylum to Mustafa Emre Çabuk. The former manager at Tbilisi’s Private Demirel College, which has been linked to Turkish opposition political figure Fethullah Gülen, is being sought by Turkey on terror charges. Rights groups urged the government not to extradite Çabuk to Turkey, where they say he would not receive a fair trial. Following the ruling, a number of rights groups, including Transparency International — Georgia

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No mention of Mukhtarli, Çabuk at Georgia–Azerbaijan–Turkey meeting

by OC Media

•3 min read

The foreign ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey have signed the ‘Action Plan for Trilateral Sectoral Co-operation for 2017–2019’ in Baku, marking another step in the trilateral format initiated five years ago. The meetings passed without mention of either Afgan Mukhtarli, a journalist, abducted from Tbilisi to Baku, and school manager Mustafa Emre Çabuk, who is currently being deported on Turkey’s request. At the sixth trilateral meeting on 6 September, ministers discussed mostl

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Georgia shuts down ‘Gülen-connected’ Demirel College in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgia’s Ministry of Education has revoked the teaching authorisation of a Turkish school in Tbilisi, the Private Demirel College, effectively shutting down the school. The ministry confirmed the decision to OC Media on 30 August. The ministry’s Council of Authorisation of Secondary Schools made the decision on 29 August, details of which will be published in 10 days. In an interview with OC Media, Gia Murghulia, deputy head the council, said that the school’s five-year term of authorisa

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Gülen school manager arrested after Turkish PM’s Tbilisi visit

by OC Media

•2 min read

A manager at the Private Demirel College, a school linked to Turkish opposition political figure Fethullah Gülen, has been detained in Tbilisi. Mustafa Emre Çabuk was detained on 24 May for ‘supporting a terrorist organisation’ allegedly upon Turkey’s request. Tbilisi City Court ordered the provisional detention of Çabuk for three months on 25 May. ‘I have never been convicted in Georgia or in Turkey. I have never worn even a knife and they are accusing me of being a member of terrorist o