On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Turkey released an Israeli couple it had detained on espionage charges on suspicion of taking photos of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s residence. during a visit to Istanbul.
Bennett denied the espionage allegations against the couple Mordi and Natalie Oknin, saying they did not work for any Israeli agency. Your government has sent an envoy in Turkey to help work towards their release.
Bennett and Lapid have stated in a joint statement: “Following joint efforts with the Turkish authorities, spouses Mordi and Natalie Oknin have been released from prison and are returning in Israel”.
“We thank the Turkish president and his government for their cooperation and look forward to the couple’s return home,” they added.
A Turkish court ordered the couple’s arrest on November 12 on espionage charges for photographing Erdogan’s residence from the Camlica telecommunications tower in Istanbul, which includes observation sites in the city, the news agency reported. Turkish officer Anadolu.
The agency said one of the employees alerted police after seeing the two take photos of the headquarters from the tower’s restaurant.
He added that a Turkish citizen who was with the couple was also arrested on charges of political and military espionage.
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