Turkish party leader crossing Armenia-Turkey border arrested in Yerevan

Head of Powerful Turkey Party Tuna Beklevic, who is currently in Yerevan, Armenia, together with a delegation mainly comprising of his party members, has been reportedly arrested.

Citing Beklevic's advisor Murad Aksu, Turkish news agency Ankara informs that Mr Beklevic and the delegation he was accompanied by have been arrested by Armenia's National Security Service.

It comes after Mr Beklevic and a few party members crossed the Armenian-Turkey border earliy this October.

In a press conference today in Yerevan Mr Beklevich confirmed the news about having crossed the border, and even went so far as to mention the exact location they crossed the border.

"We crossed [the border] via a three-flight bridge located in the ruins of Ani," Beklevic had said, adding that their move was aimed at contributing to the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border.

Armenia's National Security Service confirmed the news about Mr Beklevic's arrest, adding he is now being interrogated over today's statements about crossing the Armenia-Turkey border.

A  source close to Mr Beklevic also confirmed the news about the arrest. But it would not elaborate any other detals.