Independent reports dispute Turkmenistan’s official statistics. The country reported zero cases to the World Health Organization while allegedly keeping a secret count.
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Turkish media reports say the widow of a diplomat who suddenly died of an illness with COVID-19-like symptoms in Turkmenistan, which claims it has no official cases of the disease, is seeking justice for her husband.
According to the reports, Guzide Uckun has filed lawsuits against Turkish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Togan Oral, officials of Turkey s Health Ministry, other officials in the Turkish government for what she called a failure to provide emergency transportation for her husband, Kemal Uckun, from Turkmenistan for treatment.
Kemal Uckun, who worked at the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat as an adviser on religious issues since January 2018, was hospitalized with breathing issues, a heavy cough, and a fever in late June. He died 11 days later in a Turkmen clinic. His widow insists that the man could be saved if he was timely transferred to Turkey for proper treatment.