US judge blocks Turkey’s attempt to weaponize American courts in political witch hunt - Nordic Monitor

US judge blocks Turkey’s attempt to weaponize American courts in political witch hunt - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A federal judge in New York has joined his peers in other US states in halting the Turkish government’s abuse of the American judicial system to target critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and gather intelligence under the guise of legal process. Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York invalidated subpoenas issued at Turkey’s request that sought the US banking records of Cevdet Türkyolu, a longti…