Information on whether a person wanted by police for his involvement in the illegal Turkish Revolutionary Communist Party (TDKP) would be conscripted, allowed to serve in the army to fight Kurdish rebels and discharged without having to fear prosecution for his former allegiances [TUR16572.E]

Information on the above-mentioned topic is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

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