A Melbourne woman has been detained by Turkish authorities on terror charges amid accusations she supported a Kurdish nationalist group.
Turkish media reported Cigdem Aslan, who also goes by the name of Lenna Aslan, was arrested by the country’s National Intelligence Organisation and police at Istanbul Airport before she could fly to Australia.
The newspaper alleged Aslan had been tracked by Turkish intelligence “for a long time” and claimed she had been in contact with “high-level members of the terror group.”The Kurdish nationalist group has fought a long-running insurgency against Turkey, in which an estimated 40,000 people have been killed.
It described her as a single mother of two daughters who is passionate about human and women’s rights, community volunteering and advocating for minorities.
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