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Foreign Ministry worked through local Turkish authorities for release of detained soccer player
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The Foreign Ministry worked through local authorities to take care of the technical and procedural obstacles to Sagiv Jehezkel being allowed to leave Turkey, The Times of Israel learns. The goal was to ensure that the episode did not become a full-blown diplomatic incident.
The ministry maintained a low profile until he was released, instructing its diplomats to remain quiet and waiting until he was allowed to head home before making a statement.
There was also interest on the part of Jehzekel’s team, Antalyaspor, and Turkey’s premier league, to limit the scope of the episode and see that it ended quickly, so as not to be seen as unsafe for foreign players.
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