Bus driver Mordy Oknin returns to job after ordeal in Turkish prison

Mordy Oknin, the Israeli bus driver who was briefly jailed in Turkey with his wife and accused of espionage for photographing a presidential palace, has returned to work.

“I’m very excited to get back to the bus. I missed it,” Oknin tells Walla news.

“Passengers welcomed me with love and embraces, it touches me,” he said, adding that he was happy to get back to normal life.

His wife Natali has not yet returned to work. “It will happen in her own time,” he says.

Natali and Mordy Oknin, who were held in Turkey for a week on suspicion of espionage, speak to journalists hours after they were released at their home in Modiin, on November 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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