2020-07-15
SOFIA - As a consequence of the story ‘Is Europe a dangerous place for Turkish dissidents?’ Bulgarian political party ‘Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)’ has asked the prosecution to investigate the actions of the Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and former Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov for crimes against the republic.
In September 2020 journalists Dimitar Ganev and Maximilian Popp published their research with secret dispatches revealing the role of the Bulgarian government in persecuting Turkish opposition figures. In this investigation they suggested that the Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov and former prosecutor general Sotir Tsatsarov had helped Turkey persecute several opponents of the regime in Ankara, violating international conventions and legal principles. After their publication at Der Spiegel magazine Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s Bulgarian Service also reported on the impact of the story. Read more at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (in Bulgarian) in general about the project here.
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