The head of the National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) for Ukraine, Yalcin Gahramanoglu, has been detained at Baku airport upon arrival from Kiev.
According to relatives, he arrived with his family from Kiev in the evening on July 28. At first, he was detained by border guards, who revealed some "problems" in the documents. Then, at the exit of the airport, he was handed over the police.
On Monday morning, he managed to tell his relatives on his cell phone that he was brought to the General Directorate to Combat Organized Crime of the Interior Ministry. Then the communication with him stopped. It is not clear what Gahramanoglu is accused of.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Turan they had no information about the detention of Gahramanoglu.
On 9 June, a group of Azerbaijanis living in Kiev, held a meeting where they took the decision to create a representation of the National Council, led by Gahramanogolu.
Yalcin Gahramanoglu used to be a deputy of the public association "Return to West Azerbaijan (the territory of modern Armenia)," and was a member of the public committee to protect the rights of former Health Minister, Ali Insanov.—06D--
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