Journalist Jiyar Gol Detained in Airport, Deported

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BBC correspondent Jiyar Gol has been deported after being detained in İstanbul.

Being detained in the airport, Gol announced on his Twitter account that he was kept for five hours and then deported.

Yesterday, I was detained in Istanbul airport, searched, interrogated then deported, reasons my reports for the BBC

— Jiyar Gol (@BBCJGOL) 30 Haziran 2017

Canadian Kurdish director and journalist Gol, also owning a company called Jiyar Productions, is director of many documentaries. (EA/TK)