TURKEY: TURKISH AUTHORITES RELEASE GERMAN STEFAN GOTTKER FROM JAIL AS SMUGGLING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO STOLEN ANTIQUARIES

Record ID: 646799

  • Title: TURKEY: TURKISH AUTHORITES RELEASE GERMAN STEFAN GOTTKER FROM JAIL AS SMUGGLING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO STOLEN ANTIQUARIES
  • Date: 14th October 2003
  • Summary: (U6) ANTALYA, TURKEY (OCTOBER 14, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF STEFAN GOTTKER LEAVING THE PRISON 0.05 2. SMV WIFE OF STEFAN GOTTKER WAITING 0.09 3. SLV STEFAN GOTTKER COMING OUT 0.16 4. SMV STEFAN GOTTKER CRYING 0.23 5. SMV/ SLV STEFAN AND WIFE HUGGING EACH OTHER AND CRYING AND WALKING AWAY 0.40 6. SLV THE CAR CARRYING GOTTKER FAMILY LEAVING 0.46 7. SMV STEFAN GOTTKER WAVING THROUGH CAR WINDOW 0.56 8. SCU GOTTKER' SON IN THE CAR 1.03 9. WIDE OF CAR ARRIVING TO THE AIRPORT 1.08 10. SMV STEFAN GOTTKER AND WIFE AT THE AIRPORT 1.17 11. SMV FAMILY STANDING BY BUS 1.21 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th October 2003 12:00
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  • Location: ANTALYA, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVABPG76NMKBOMVGF4CK3IFIO9M5
  • Story Text: German national Stefan Gottker has been
    released while Turkish police investigation for smuggling
    continues.



    Stefan Gottker was released from a Turkish jail on
    Tuesday (October 14) as further investigation of the
    smuggling charge against him continues.

    Police stopped Gottker from Muenster at a security
    checkpoint at a local airport on September 14 when they
    discovered a stone of archaeological value in his bag.

    Gottker's attorneys say his nine year-old son put the
    stone into his father's bag, with the intention of using it
    as part of a school ssignment.

    Gottker was arrested and charged on suspicion of
    smuggling. He had been held in a Turkish jail ever since
    his arrest.

    The court decided to keep the trial going, but released
    Gottker while the investigation continues. His attorney
    Bilal Kalayci welcomed the decision.

    After the court decision Gottker was released and
    welcomed by his family at the gate of the jail. Gottker's
    family took a charter plane for Muenster via Koln.

    Trafficking in antiquities is frequent in Turkey, which
    was home to an array of ancient civilisations.


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