'Advanced Islamist Democracy' Turkey denies entry to Der Spiegel journalist claiming he is a terrorist

'Advanced Islamist Democracy' Turkey denies entry to Der Spiegel journalist claiming he is a terrorist.  (Bugun).

Der Spiegel photojournalist Andy Spyra was denied entry into Turkey and sent back to Germany on allegations of being an Islamist terrorist despite being vouched for by the German embassy, in the latest bout of press suppression against foreign journalists.

Less than a year after German news magazine Der Spiegel withdrew its Turkey correspondent Hasnain Kazım over his receiving thousands of death threats for his coverage of the Soma mine disaster, the same publication’s veteran photojournalist Andy Spyra was denied entry into Turkey last week and expelled from the country on the grounds that he was an Islamist militant.

In a report in Der Spiegel, Spyra details his experience when he arrived in Turkey on March 28th for a story. Pulled aside by authorities at passport control, the photojournalist had his belongings searched before being put into detention. His claims that he was a journalist, as well as a protest filed by the German embassy to Turkish official, all fell on deaf ears.

Having visited Turkey several times in the past to cover stories, he notes that this is the first time he was detained and deported by Turkish officials. Upon returning to Düsseldorf and being questioned by German Federal Police, it was revealed that the Turkish authorities had told their German counterparts that they were returning Spyra on suspicion that he was an Islamist terrorist.

More and more stories have been surfacing in recent months about Turkish authorities’ suppression of foreign journalists, including death threats, denial of residence permit or press card renewal, detentions by law enforcement, rejection of questions by government officials or other forms of preventing foreign correspondents from performing their jobs. Hmmmm.....How much longer will EU politicians allow the 'Islamist dictator' to trample human values and rights in order to get cheap gas? Now if he wanted to Join ISIS he would be welcomed :) Read the full story here.