Government spokesperson Yannis Economou blasted Ankara's provocations and their targeting of a governor from northern Greece who was refused entry into Turkey.
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, who is the Governor of Central Macedonia Region and the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), travelled by sea on
Greece has strongly protested a decision by Turkish authorities to deny entry to and detain a Greek regional governor who arrived by boat in Izmir to preside over a regional body’s plenary session. Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of Central Macedonia and first vice president of the European Union’s Committee of the Regions, said that Turkish authorities did not provide a reason for denying him entry Saturday and keeping him in a room for over six hours.
Greece has strongly protested a decision by Turkish authorities to deny entry to and detain a Greek regional governor who arrived by boat in Izmir to preside over a regional body's plenary session
Central Macedonia regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas described as ludicrous the explanations from Turkey that his detainment in Izmir (Smyrna) was a