According to Turkish Minute, a police report was filed over one of the cases while the details are being compiled for the other case to be also officially reported to the police.
In the report sighted by FMT, Turgay Karaman, who is a principal with an international school in Ipoh, was said to have been abducted in the car park of Wisma E&C in Damansara Heights yesterday afternoon.
The report was filed by a friend of the victim who was supposed to meet him for a meeting with their lawyers pertaining to a court case that was up for mention today.
Later, the victim’s wife, Ayse Karaman made a video, appealing for help from the Malaysian government.
In the video, Ayse claims five Malaysian men had abducted her husband, based on the CCTV footage at the car park, and that she has not received any information about him since the abduction. His car was also left behind in the car park.
“I am calling on the Malaysian government to help as he is a gentleman and never hurt anyone,” she said, adding that the couple have been staying in Malaysia legally over the past 13 years and that her husband has not been involved in any crime.
In the report, Turgay’s friend wrote: “I request that the police investigate the kidnapping and notify the Immigration Department to stop any attempt to remove Mr Turgay from Malaysia. I am very afraid for my safety and scared that my Turkish friends who are kidnapped and sent to Turkey will be tortured and killed.”
In the other abduction case, Turkish Minute reported friends of Turkish businessman Ihsan Aslan as saying that he was abducted in KL. However, the exact location of his abduction had not been stated.
His friends were said to be compiling the details of his abduction in order to file a police report.
Turkish Minute describes itself as a portal “presenting news on Turkey in English amid ever-increasing pressure on the critical and independent media in the country”.
This is not the first time that Turkish citizens were reported as being abducted in Malaysia.
Last October, two Turkish citizens were believed to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence officers in Malaysia, according to Turkish Minute. The two men were later extradited back to Turkey after a request was made to Malaysian authorities by their Turkish counterparts.
Then on Dec 13, a visiting university director was arrested by police after Turkish authorities had informed the immigration department that his passport had been cancelled, before requesting for his extradition back to Turkey.
Turkish journalist Aydogan Vatandas wrote about the abduction of Izmet Ozcelik in the Huffington Post in January, saying that the victim had been held in the Sungai Buloh prison for almost a month.
According to Turkish Minute, the Turkish embassy here had asked Malaysian authorities to close down schools and other entities which are run by Turkish citizens linked to the Gulen movement.
The Gülen movement is named after its leader, Turkish preacher Fethullah Gullen, who now lives in exile in the United States. Besides being accused of being a secretive Islamic sect with a “cultish hierarchy”, the movement is also said to have “global, apocalyptic ambition”.
The Turkish government has accused the Gulen movement of being behind the coup attempt last July, although the movement has denied any involvement.
Tens of thousands of Turkish citizens, including military personnel, academics, activists and journalists were detained, with many still in jail following the coup attempt.
Turkish president Reccep Tayip Erdogan recently declared victory in a referendum that granted him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics.
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