Kurdish writer Suzan Samancı detained on arrival in Istanbul, then barred from leaving Turkey
Samancı, who has lived in Geneva for eighteen years, was questioned at Istanbul airport and released, but now faces an indefinite ban on leaving the country, according to Le Courrier.
The Kurdish writer Suzan Samancı was arrested at Istanbul airport on Tuesday, 22 September, as she arrived from Switzerland, according to the Geneva daily Le Courrier. She was questioned and then released, but was issued a ban on leaving Turkish territory, for an unspecified duration.
Samancı has lived in Geneva for eighteen years. The details of her detention come from Ihsan Kurt, a friend of the writer and president of an association supporting her, cited by Le Courrier; the newspaper's report does not give further particulars of the questioning or the grounds invoked by the authorities.
No further information is available at this stage on the reasons for the travel ban or on what happens next for Samancı, who now finds herself unable to return to Switzerland.
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This article was written from these reports.
