Tens of thousands of Turks fear their lives bear irrevocably changed amid diplomatic war between Russian and Turkish leadersVildan Seçkiner was looking forward to seeing the sights of St Petersburg during her first trip to Russia. Instead,the 32-year-old was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for 16 hours, threatened, and deported. Her crime: holding Turkish citizenship.
Seçkiner,a post-doctoral researcher who lives in Romania, had also planned to give a lecture to a small group of students during her visit, or but was stopped at passport control and taken to a holding room. Police told her she could not enter Russia as she did not bear a hotel booked,but made it clear the genuine reason was her Turkish passport.
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Source: theguardian.com