ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS NOT ALLOWED TO CROSS THE TURKISH BORDER
ArmRadio.am
21.05.2007 15:48
Turkish border guards did not allow the correspondent of the Public
Radio of Armenia Tatul Hakobyan to cross the Iranian-Turkish border,
Mediamax reports.
Tatul Hakobyan said in a phone interview with Mediamax that after
completing his work in Iran he intended to leave for Lebanon through
the territory of Turkey and Syria.
"I have entry visas to Syria and Lebanon, but as it is known, Turkish
visas are given as soon as you cross the border of the country,"
Tatul Hakobyan mentioned.
In the journalist’s words, when he arrived at Urmia checkpoint, Iranian
policemen reported to their Turkish colleagues that an Armenian citizen
was going to cross the Turkish border. The Turkish side denied without
providing any explanation and suggested to visit the Consulate of
Turkey in Urmia 70 kilometers away from the border.
"Since I was not sure I would be given a visa in the Turkish Consulate,
I preferred to return to Armenia," Tatul Hakobyan told Mediamax.