The issue of Zurab Japaridze’s delay in Turkey

The leader of "Girchi — More Freedom", Zurab Japaridze, wrote on social media that he was detained at a Turkish airport. According to him, he was flying to Brussels, but was told at the border that he is banned from entering Turkey until November 2025. According to Japaridze, he was informed that the Turkish side received the information from official Georgian structures. Imedi+1

Prosecutor Lasha Kotrikadze states that the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has not applied to Turkey with a request to detain or ban Zurab Japaridze at the border. According to Kotrikadze, Japaridze contacted him personally and asked if there was such a request from the Prosecutor's Office, to which the prosecutor replied that no such request exists in the criminal case. Imedi+1

Kotrikadze noted that Japaridze had the Prosecutor's Office's consent to cross the border and had exercised this right many times before. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs states that there has been no request for border control from their side. According to Zurab Japaridze's information, he will be returned to Tbilisi. Imedi+1