ROME, March 6 (A.A) - Turkish Embassy in Italy issued a statement on Wednesday against Italian press which publishes news accusing Turkey due to illegal immigration.
The Embassy explained in details the efforts launched by Turkey to fight with illegal immigration with the aim of preventing misunderstanding in Italian public opinion.
The statement which also included certain figures about the immigrants caught in Turkey, gave information about the Turkish ship ''Engin'' which came to Italian southern coasts on January 30 and in which there were 500,000 immigrants. The Turkish Embassy noted that Turkish officials warned Italian officials on January 23 telling that the ship could be used for carrying immigrants, and that if Italy wanted to extradite the immigrants to their countries, Turkey would admit its citizens who came to Italy with this ship.