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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8809

19 October 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/turkey

18/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - European Parliament President Josep Borrell approached the Turkish authorities last Friday immediately after learning that Mehdi Zana, who was returning from Brussels with his wife, Leyla, EP Sakharov Prizewinner, had been detained on arriving at the Istanbul airport (see EUROPE of 14 October, p.6). Held over for the night, Mr Zana was released after a decision in his favour from the court in Istanbul. Mr Borrell welcomes this in a press release, recalling that,...

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