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Erdogan "vilified": German doctor arrested in Turkey - statement at the airport was his undoing

2020-12-02T19:21:29.678Z


A man from Wuppertal has been stuck in Turkey since a dispute at the airport. He has not been allowed to leave the country since the beginning of November. Now he is waiting for his hearing.


A man from Wuppertal has been stuck in Turkey since a dispute at the airport.

He has not been allowed to leave the country since the beginning of November.

Now he is waiting for his hearing.

Antalya - He has been waiting for his trial since the beginning of November.

A man from

Wuppertal

is said to have

been arrested

after a dispute at the airport in

Antalya

.

This is reported by the

Bild

newspaper.

According to the information, the 63-year-old dentist got

into an argument with passengers

after landing in

Antalya

at the baggage carousel.

According to the

Bild,

with reference to witnesses, he is said to have loudly

insulted

Turkey

and

"vilified"

Turkish President

Recep

Erdogan

.

This is currently burdened with secret documents after a dispute over a Bundeswehr deployment.

The

Foreign Office

confirmed

the arrest of the man

to the

German Press Agency

.

This is therefore "consularly looked after".

Late on Monday evening, the spokesman for the

Foreign Office made

no further information about the case.

The

image

, according to the man allowed the

Turkey

because of an

exit lock

not leaving.

Deniz Yücel, who was in Turkish custody, commented on the incident on Twitter and wrote: "New travel warning for Turkey, regardless of Corona".

New travel warning for Turkey, regardless of Corona: According to @BILD [+], the dentist Kristian B. was briefly arrested at Antalya Airport on suspicion of "denigrating the state".

Now he is not allowed to leave the country and is waiting for a trial.

https://t.co/BOm0NPgALH

- Deniz Yücel (@Besser_Deniz) November 30, 2020

Man arrested in Turkey: dispute at airport - person present files a complaint

A short vacation took the

Wuppertal

to Turkey, writes the

picture

.

Instead of vacation, the man was briefly arrested by the Turkish police after the incident.

"You Turks are just like that, it's not a democratic country here anyway," he must have shouted, the newspaper quoted witnesses on site.

A person present then filed a complaint against the

Wuppertal

.

This information goes back to the

Bild

newspaper.

The accusation is therefore: "Denigration of the state and its organs".

The man from Germany had to hand in his passport, was not allowed to leave Turkey and was waiting in a hotel for his court hearing.

(aka with dpa)

During a live broadcast on the Internet, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received massive criticism.

Most of the youngsters were behind the action.

Source: merkur

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