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The Grand Turk
Israeli said booted from Turkey for blowing nose on banknote
2021-07-04
Lèse majesté. But the tale has an unexpected twist, dear Reader — read on and see.
[IsraelTimes] Tourist briefly detained then deported for ’insulting the symbols of state illusory sovereignty,’ according to Ottoman Turkish media.

An Israeli citizen was deported from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
 after a video of him blowing his nose with a banknote circulated online, according to local media.

The man, identified in reports as Mohamad Nader Badarneh, an Arab citizen of Israel, was seen wiping his nose with a 20 Ottoman Turkish Lira note in an Istanbul restaurant, in a video he apparently shared on his social media, according to the Ottoman Turkish Independent newspaper (in Ottoman Turkish).

On Friday, a day after the video was posted, he was detained by police on the charge of "insulting the symbols of state illusory sovereignty," according to the report.

Some local reports said the video was attempting to make fun of the Ottoman Turkish Lira which had been hit by double-digit inflation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Badarneh was later deported back to Israel according to the reports.

There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on the matter.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  So they’ve been nuts over there for a long time? Good to know.

The key to me was this bit:

The man, identified in reports as Mohamad Nader Badarneh, an Arab citizen of Israel ...
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-07-04 13:22  

#1  
Laugh not... my father doing TDY tour of Turkey, Iran, and Somalia in 1967... doing "Quick-talk" site reviews. Having some local travel $$. My dad
handed his cab driver a turkisk bill and it was so crumpled the driver unthinking tried to smooth it out by rubbing it over the car door jam. A "special" police officer saw this disrespectful act walked over to the cab driver and slapped him up side the head.. As my father told me it wasn't with his hand either.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-07-04 10:35  

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