Lagendijk, former chair of the delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee denied entry to Turkey

Joost Lagendijk, who was the former chair of the delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, a columnist with the closed dailies Zaman and Today’s Zaman and has been living in Turkey for nine years, has been denied entry to Turkey.

Yesterday (September 25) night, Lagendijk, arriving at the İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, was denied entry to the country on the grounds that “he did not get a visa from the Embassy of Turkey in Holland”.

Being told that this was a “new regulation”, Lagendijk was informed this morning (September 26) that he could be deported.

SOURCE: http://bianet.org/english/human-rights/179027-dutch-politician-joost-lagendijk-denied-entry-to-turkey