A Turkish court on Monday ordered the detention of two people accused of working for Israel’s intelligence service, Mossad.
The suspects were named as d Mehmet Budak Derya and Veysel Kerimoglu. After legal procedures were completed before a criminal peace judge at Istanbul’s courthouse, the court decided to remand both men in custody.
The court charged them with obtaining state secrets for the purpose of political or military espionage.
Turkey’s intelligence service arrested Derya and Kerimoglu on Thursday. Security sources said the arrests took place in Istanbul, where the two had been under surveillance for some time.
The sources added that the suspects were found to have passed information to Mossad, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.