Turkey turns back German reporter

A reporter of German public broadcaster SWR was prevented from entering Turkey on Tuesday and was held in a deportation room at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport before he was sent back to Cairo.

A Turkish official confirmed this.

SWR is part of the ARD network and another of ARD’s members recently aired a song poking fun at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggering a diplomatic rebuke from Turkey. (AP)