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Davíð Örn Bjarnason, a 28-year-old Icelandic citizen and father of three, is still behind bars in Turkey on suspicion of attempted smuggling of antiquities after attempts to have him released yesterday failed. He was arrested at the airport in Antalya on Friday.
Archive photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
Selim Sariibrahimoglu, the Icelandic consul in Turkey, told RÚV that there are mainly three reasons for Davíð not having been released: he has no fixed address in Turkey, the nature of the crime and the risk of him trying to leave the country as he doesn’t live there.
Sariibrahimoglu added Davíð’s lawyers are trying to have the trial sped up and that it might take place in two to three weeks. If convicted, Davíð might be looking at three to six years in prison.
Sariibrahimoglu said Davíð was given permission to call his mother, fiancé and children yesterday which hopefully made him feel better.
The case has garnered significant attention in Sweden, where the couple live. Davíð’s fiancé, Þóra Birgisdóttir, described Davíð’s arrest to Aftonbladet yesterday.
They had bought a piece of marble at a market. After the stone was found in their luggage during security control they were taken to the airport’s police station.
“They said we should have known the Turkish law: the stone was an antiquity and belonged in a museum. I asked if we could leave, catch our flight, explaining that we had three kids at home.” Þóra could leave but Davíð had to stay.
“I’m so afraid. I think of him, I don’t know anything about how he’s been treated, whether he has a bed,” she says. According to Fréttablaðið, Þóra intends to take their children to Iceland and stay with family during this time of uncertainty.
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11.03.2013 | Icelander Held for Smuggling Antiquities in Turkey
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On the way back to Reykjavík following this morning's news conference, at which the new government agreement was formally presented, the next Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, and his assistant, Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, who was driving, were stopped for speeding.
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Leader of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who held the mandate to lead coalition talks, presented the government agreement between the Progressive Party and Independence Party to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the presidential residence Bessastaðir this morning.
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The chairmen of the Independence Party and Progressive Party, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, formally presented the government agreement to the public at a press conference shortly after 11 am this morning.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party unanimously accepted the government agreement negotiated by their respective chairmen, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, yesterday evening.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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