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Citing terror links, Turkey freezes assets of 770 individuals, US group
Reuters
December 24, 2021

Turkey has frozen the assets of a total of 770 people and a US-based foundation on the grounds of terrorism financing, a ruling published in its official gazette showed on Friday…The assets of more than 400 people were frozen for links to Gulen, the gazette said. This step was taken “on the basis of reasonable grounds” that they had committed the acts covered by the articles titled “the crime of financing of terrorism” and “acts prohibited from providing or collecting funds,” it added. Assets of more than 200 individuals accused of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party and Islamic State militant groups were also frozen, according to the decision. READ MORE