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.