Two Foreign Members Of Greenpeace Deported After Protest On Istanbul's Bridge

ISTANBUL - Two foreign members of the Greenpeace were deported after they protested NATO summit on Istanbul's Bogazici Bridge on Monday, sources said on Tuesday.
Sources said that British citizens Nicky Davies and William Peden were deported after they were detained during an anti-NATO protest on Istanbul's Bogazici Bridge yesterday.
The two Greenpeace activists boarded on Turkish Airlines (THY) flight to Dutch capital Amsterdam.
Turkish police detained on Monday 18 Greenpeace members in NATO protest in Istanbul. A group of Greenpeace members hung a banner writing ''Nukes out of NATO'' on the Bogazici Bridge, chained themselves on iron bars of the bridge and made a press statement to protest NATO. Greenpeace member Ozgur Gurbuz responsible for energy campaign, member Nicky Davies responsible for international disarmament campaign and member William Peden responsible for nuclear disarmament campaign were among the detainees.
NATO Heads of State and Government Summit opened on Monday. World leaders including U.S. President George Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and British Prime Minister Tony Blair attended the summit which closed on Tuesday.
(BRC-AÖ) 29.06.2004