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Kurdish dissidents fear assassination amid accusations of Turkish European hit squad based in Paris
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

KURDISH dissidents accused Ankara today of sending out Turkish hit squads to hunt them down across Europe.

A Berlin-based journalist, who would only identify himself as Mustafa, believes that there is collusion between Ankara and foreign intelligence services.

“We know that Erdogan has ordered assassinations and the neutralising of opposition voices, but surely they are working with the authorities here.

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