60 Business People from Turkey Taken to Russian Assembly Area

60 business people from Turkey arriving in Krasnodar Krai (federal subject) of Russia to attend an exposition with their touristic visas have been ruled by the court, which they were taken to after being detained to be sent to assembly area in Sochi.

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A group of people among those whom CNN Türk has spoken with said 60 business people from 22 Turkish firms attending Krasnodar Yugagro agriculture exposition have been detained by immigration office.

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The people waited in custody for a day were taken to court this morning. A decision of sending the business people who stated they couldn’t contact Turkish Embassy to assembly area and deportation 10 days after that has been issued.  

Cenk Baykara in the group in his statement to CNN Türk expressing they were visiting all the expositions with touristic visa since visa requirement mutually abolished. “We haven’t been treated like this before, we don’t know what will happen to us. We’ve remained pledge here”. (EKN/TK)

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