A man arrested on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates has allegedly died by suicide while imprisoned in Turkey, the country's state prosecutor and its state-run news agency Anadolu said
But the man's brother claims that he was killed, and says that his image is being"defamed."Turkey's chief prosecutor identified the dead man as Zaki Hassan, who had been detained on charges of"obtaining confidential state information for political and military espionage." He and another man were arrested on April 4 and 5, according to Hassan's family members.
But court filings show some executed men protested their innocenceHassan had been given political asylum in Bulgaria and received a Turkish residency permit on his Palestinian passport in March, his brother, said.The brother, Zakaria Hassan, told CNN:"Zaki was killed and did not commit suicide."My brother is a martyr and enough is enough to defame his image. Not only did they kill him but now they are defaming the image of my brother," he said.
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