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Natalie McGarry 'safe' after being detained in Turkey | |
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Scottish MP Natalie McGarry has been briefly detained by police in Turkey. | Scottish MP Natalie McGarry has been briefly detained by police in Turkey. |
Turkish media reported the Glasgow East MP, who was elected in May 2015 for the SNP but now sits as an independent, was detained in Diyarbakir. | Turkish media reported the Glasgow East MP, who was elected in May 2015 for the SNP but now sits as an independent, was detained in Diyarbakir. |
Ms McGarry told BBC Scotland she was held and questioned by people she thought were "special forces". | |
Her lawyer Aamer Anwar said security forces had "become alarmed" because the MP had her mobile phone out at a checkpoint. | |
He said: "She was taken away for questioning and it was subsequently explained that she was simply recording the sound of bombs falling across the border in Syria. | |
"There will be no further statement and Natalie will be returning home soon." | |
Ms McGarry posted on social media that she was "safe and absolutely fine". | |
Diyarbakir, a large city in the south east of Turkey, is about 100 miles from the Syrian border. | |
A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed a British national was "briefly detained and released". |