ANKARA (AA) – Mustafa Destici, head of the Turkish Grand Unity Party (BBP) said Thursday that he and several of his party members had been under put under psychological pressure as Israeli security interrogated two of them at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
On Sunday, Destici and several of his party member went on an unofficial five-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Speaking to the media at Ankara’s Esenboga International Airport, Destici said that security wanted to detain Ilker Kayalioglu, BBP’s vice president, without specifying the reason.
Destici said he refused to leave without him despite security’s threats to detain him as well.
“We caught our plane at the last minute,” Destici said asserting security interrogated two of his colleagues for around an hour and a half.
He went on to say that, during the interrogation, Israeli security asked which city was the capital of Israel. “Tel Aviv,’ we answered. ‘No, Israel’s capital is Jerusalem,’ they said,” Destici added.
The BBP is considered a far-right party in Turkey.
