A Turkish religious sect housing Indigenous children and teens in the Brazilian Amazon faced an Interpol investigation after transporting six students to Turkey without the full consent of their parents. In Turkey, it reignited a national conversation about the role of religious groups in public life. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren retraces the steps of reporter Thalys Alcântara, who covered the investigation for the Brazilian online newspaper Metrópoles.
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