Euro 2020 qualifying: Turkey says national team treated ‘unacceptably’ at Iceland airport
- Turkey in Iceland for Euro 2020 qualifying match
- Turkey beat France in their most recent group game
Turkish officials have condemned the treatment its national soccer team endured upon arrival in Iceland ahead of a European Championship qualifying game.
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said the Turkey players were kept at passport control for more than two hours at Keflavik Airport on Sunday while their bags were repeatedly searched.
The report said a man held a toilet cleaning brush like a microphone while team captain Emre Belezoglu spoke to Turkish journalists.
Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter that the team’s treatment in Iceland was “unacceptable from the point of diplomatic and humane practices.”
Turkey moved to the top of their Euro 2020 qualifying group by beating World Cup champions France 2-0 at home on Saturday.