A Ukrainian man on a flight from the Ukraine was arrested at Istanbul airport for claiming to have a bomb and demanding the plane take him to the Sochi Olympics. Gunmen attacked the office of the Nationalist Movement Party in Istanbul, two weeks after attackers killed a party adviser and injured seven members. Azerbaijani journalist Mahir Zeynalov has been deported for “posting tweets critical of high-level state officials.” The tweets have accused the Erdogan government of obstructing the arrest of al Qaeda affiliates and allowing wanted al Qaeda-linked terrorist Yasin al Qadi to escape Turkey in late December.
