A 58-year-old British tourist is arrested in Turkey after allegedly spitting on a Turkish flag in a hotel lobby, according to multiple media reports.
The incident follows an argument at the hotel with staff, reports say. Turkish news agencies DHA and IHA report that the man spat on the flag, though the sources do not specify the exact date or time of the alleged incident.
Police in Turkey, as described by the outlets, arrest the man near the southern resort area of Antalya, with at least one report specifying Alanya on Turkey’s central Mediterranean coast. Euronews and others add that prosecutors charge him with insulting a state symbol. Coverage focuses on the alleged act and the subsequent arrest, with differences mainly in the level of detail about location and the exact sequence of events.
