Turkey denounces arrest of consulate staff in Greece
18 Dec 2020
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The Rhodes examining magistrate issued an arrest warrant for a secretary at the Turkish consulate over alleged espionage. Turkey s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pictured in this file photo. (AA)
Turkey has condemned the arrest of a staff member working at one of its diplomatic missions in Greece on Friday. We condemn the arrest of Sebahattin Bayram, a contracted secretary at our Consulate General in Rhodes, within an investigation carried out by the Greek authorities on allegations of espionage taking photographs of ships, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.