Turkish politicians arrested in Yerevan
Chairman of Powerful Turkey Party Tuna Beklevic and deputy chairman Baybars Orsek were detained in Yerevan on October 28.
The arrest came after Mr. Beklevic announced in Yerevan that he had crossed the Armenia-Turkey border with his supporters early this October.
"We passed the border via a three-store bridge located in the ruins of Ani," Tuna Beklevic told a press conference in Yerevan earlier in the day.
Spokesperson for the RA National Security Service Artsvi Baghramyan confirmed the news about Beklevic's arrest.
"After the press conference the Turkish delegates were taken to the NSS to specify details," Mr. Baghramyan told A1+.
Tuna Beklevic and some of his party members crossed the Armenian-Turkish border in early October in the vicinities of Akhurian River in protest against the closed Armenian-Turkish border.
Beklevic got the impression that the section of the border had been crossed numerous times in the past.
"We saw remains of food, chocolate which means we were not the first trespassers," Beklevic said.
The Turkish delegates had arrived in Armenia to present the Ministry of Foreign Affairs their proposals on the reopening of the border, which were rejected by the Armenian side.
