2023-05-13 19:23:24
JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
Turkey: MP Sandra Regol wanted to follow the presidential election, she says she was turned back to Istanbul
TURKEY – The Green MP Sandra Regol denounced this Saturday, May 13 the refusal of the Turkish authorities to let her enter Turkey where she was going on the occasion of the elections.
This weekend I had to go to Turkey for the elections. Arrival Friday late followingnoon in Istanbul…
— Sandra Regol ???????????? (@sandraregol)
“I have been notified of a ban on access to the territory. Kept there overnight, I was sent back by the first plane this morning, 14 hours later”she explained on Twitter, denouncing “an ubiquitous situation”.
The deputy claims not to have had “no information on this ban, nor the French authorities who discovered it at the same time” et “sought all evening for a diplomatic solution”.
A ban on access « permanente » notified ” orally “
She is worried regarding this ban on access « permanente » and which was notified to him ” orally “. “Nobody was able to give me an explanation”she adds, ensuring that she does not have “never been arrested, never been charged, never been prosecuted by the Turkish authorities”.
Sandra Regol had already been to Turkey for the elections five years ago and “there was no problem”she assures.
Already on Monday, the OSCE parliamentary assembly had denounced Turkey’s refusal to accredit two Scandinavian deputies who were to come to observe the presidential election to be held on Sunday.
The ballot promises to be particularly tight. The opposition candidate, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, represents the most difficult electoral challenge for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to power in 2002. In 2018, Ankara had already blocked the way to two parliamentarians, a German and a Swede.
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