Bikie boss Mark Buddle’s ex Mel Ter Wisscha still locked in Turkish cell

Mark Buddle’s ex-partner Mel Ter Wisscha has been languishing in a Turkish detention centre for a month, with little help from the Australian government on her visa issues.

Mark Buddle’s ex-partner Mel Ter Wisscha has been languishing in a Turkish detention centre for a month, with little help from the Australian government and no idea when she is getting out.

Staff from the Australian Consulate have still been unable to get in to see Ms Ter Wisscha since she was detained on July 22 – much to the concern of the Australian’s family.

Ms Ter Wisscha is being held over visa issues and has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

“The consulate have been able to have a telephone conversation with Mel, but have not been able to visit her yet,” her mother Donna told The Daily Telegraph.

“Mel is being treated well in the detention centre and we are doing everything we can to have her released, but it is just a waiting game.

Mark Buddle’s ex-partner Mel Ter Wisscha has been languishing in a Turkish detention centre for a month.

“I am in Dubai caring for her two children who are both well … but unfortunately we have no further information.

“I am not angry, just concerned. Her welfare and that of my grandchildren are my major concern, and we all just want this situation to be resolved as quickly as possible.”

Former cheerleader Ms Ter Wisscha’s loved ones had hoped the deportation of Buddle to Australia in early August would enable them to let her leave the country and return to Dubai, where the children she raised with the bikie have been living.

But Buddle has now been back in his homeland for three weeks, in which time his ex-wife’s situation has not become any clearer.

In a statement, DFAT said: ”Consular staff from the Australian Embassy in Ankara are working with Turkish authorities to provide consular assistance to an Australian woman detained in Turkey.

“We are seeking consular visit access and are engaging her legal representatives. Due to our privacy obligations, we are unable to provide further detail.”

Ms Ter Wisscha and Buddle left Australia in early 2016, before his detention and deportation in July. Ms Ter Wisscha was then detained on visa issues a few weeks later.

Ms Ter Wisscha is understood to have found her early days in the detention centre difficult.

She shares a room with a random cellmate and is the only person in the facility, aside from the guards, that speaks English.

Ms Ter Wisscha and Buddle had been living in Dubai since early 2016 before going on holiday last year and then being unable to return.

As a result Buddle set up a new life in North Cyprus, while his partner went to Turkey.

With Buddle on remand in Australia and Ms Ter Wisscha being detained in Turkey, her mother Donna is looking after their two children in Dubai.

Ms Ter Wisscha revealed to The Daily Telegraph last month that she had not seen Buddle for a year and the pair had separated.

The self-proclaimed international commander of the Comanchero bikie gang was deported to Australia on August 3 and immediately taken into custody by the AFP on charges linked to importing 160 kilograms of cocaine into Melbourne in mid-2021.

Incredible footage from the moments after his arrest show Buddle being marched backwards in handcuffs by AFP authorities.

As he faces the potential of life in prison if convicted, his ex-wife has no idea when she will get out.