They thanked Erdogan: This is how the drug trafficker was received in the country

While relations between Turkey and Israel recently entered a normalization process, a critical event occurred this week.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had declared the previous day that an Israeli citizen sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking in Turkey would return to his country as a result of contacts established on the Ankara-Israel line.

Cohen shared the development with this photo.

Commenting on social media platform X, Cohen said: “It is fortunate that Danny Awka, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison following the intervention of President Herzog, myself and other officials, is returning to his family earlier this week. …This is part of the many efforts made by the State of Israel and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Israeli citizens and is a testament to the rapprochement between Israel and Turkey.I would like to thank President Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Fidan, who contributed to the solution of the problem.

Four years later, a man named Danny Aweke arrived in Israel yesterday. Aweke, 35, thanked the authorities in Türkiye and Israel. “I have always been waiting for this moment, wanting to meet my family and friends,” Aweke said. Special thanks to MP Pnina Tamano-Shata for intervening diplomatically to get me out of it. Aweke, who served in the Israeli army and previously had a clean record, was arrested in January 2019 for having 34 kilograms of gat in his suitcase. As Aweke was caught in Istanbul, where he was transferred to Germany, he said: “The drug dealers tricked me.”

Although the use of the stimulant gat, which is consumed by chewing and also known as Yemen herb, is banned in Turkey, the US, and many European countries, gat can be used in Israel in its natural state.

TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PRISON

According to Israeli media, President Isaac Herzog put diplomatic pressure on Erdogan, while Foreign Minister Cohen asked Hakan Fidan to review Aweke’s sentence. It was claimed that an agreement was reached with Turkey for the return of Aweke, who had been imprisoned for 4 years as a result of efforts, including by Knesset member Pnina Tamano-Shata, to return to Israel.

His family also issued a statement, stating that they have been making great efforts for the release of Danny Aweke for 4 years.

The Israeli man was caught and arrested in 2019 with $100 and 34 kilos of gat with him. Due to Awka’s allegations that Iranian and Syrian prisoners abused her in prison, the Israeli Foreign Ministry also arranged for Awka to be transferred to another prison.

They thanked Erdogan: This is how the drug trafficker was received in the country

They thanked Erdogan: This is how the drug trafficker was received in the country

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