Kyrgyzstan’s MFA clarifies reasons for detention of Kyrgyzstani in Turkey
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the detention of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan Ermek Sabyrzhanov in Turkey.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the detention of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan Ermek Sabyrzhanov in Turkey.
By a ruling of the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek dated May 15, 2026, a motion filed by a senior investigator of the Investigation Department for Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic was granted, the Pervomaisky District Court told 24.kg news agency.
The human rights organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan expresses deep concern over the detention of U.S. citizen and University of Southern California professor Steve Swerdlow upon his arrival today at Manas International Airport in Bishkek. According to available information, Professor Swerdlow was detained and denied entry to the Kyrgyz Republic without a clear public explanation of the legal basis and reasons for this decision.
A hearing was held in Bishkek to consider extending the pretrial detention of politician Temirlan Sultanbekov. The court ruled to keep him in custody for another two months. The defendant’s supporters and lawyers reported.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek has changed the pretrial measure for Akylbek Mamatov, CEO of Red Petroleum gas station chain, the court’s press service reported.
Former MP Duishon Torokulov is in pretrial detention. The Pervomaisky District Court reported that the decision to take him into custody was made on June 19.
The Leninsky District Court changed the pretrial detention measure for former Zhogorku Kenesh Deputy Kuvanychbek Kongantiev from pretrial detention to house arrest.
The Leninsky District Court of Bishkek reviewed the pretrial detention measure for former presidential adviser Zhanybek Kubandykov and remanded him in custody until July 17. The hearing took place on May 22, and the judge granted the motion of the Main Investigative Department of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). The district court’s press service reported.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek has changed the pretrial detention order for Nurgazy Anarkulov, a supporter of former head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev. The court reported.
The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) reports the detention of an inspector of the territorial division of the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic for the city of Osh, Osh, Jalal-Abad, and Batken regions for taking a bribe.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek on April 10 granted investigators’ request to extend the pretrial detention of former head of the State Committee for National Security Department for Bishkek, Eldar Zhakypbekov, also known as Edu, the court’s press service reported.
A deputy head of one of the departments of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan has been placed in pretrial detention on corruption charges on April 22, the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek confirmed the information.
On June 15, 2026, the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan detained M.K.Z., director of the state enterprise Central Laboratory under the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic, and placed him in the SCNS pretrial detention facility as part of a criminal investigation into allegations of a scheme to fraudulently register and significantly inflate actual laboratory test results concerning the quality of coal supplied to the Bishkek Heating and Power Plant (HPP).
The Jalal-Abad Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office detained former State Committee for National Security (SCNS) employee Azamat Dyikanbaev. A criminal case has been opened against him under the article «Fraud using official position.»
Law enforcement officers have shut down an underground drug laboratory operating in Chui region, the Interior Ministry’s press service reported.
Another citizen of Kyrgyzstan has been detained in Turkey. According to his wife, Ermek Sabyrzhanov was arrested at an airport on suspicion of alleged links to the FETO organization. The information was shared on social media by his relatives.
The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCNS) reported the disruption of a channel supplying and distributing synthetic drugs in especially large quantities across the country.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan reviewed 109 extradition requests from foreign countries during 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, seeking the surrender of individuals for criminal prosecution or the enforcement of court sentences.
A foreign citizen who was on the international wanted list was detained in Osh.
Security forces have detained Zamirbek Orozbaev, the former founder and director of Vision Group construction company (with an office in Osh), own sources informed 24.kg news agency.