Scottish member of parliament 'safe' after being detained in Turkey

Scottish MP Natalie McGarry has been briefly detained by security forces in Turkey, the BBC reported Thursday.

Turkish media reported the Glasgow East MP, who was elected in May 2015 for the SNP but now sits as an independent, was detained in Diyarbakir.

Ms McGarry said that she was held and questioned by people she thought were "special forces".

Her lawyer Aamer Anwar said security forces became "alarmed" because she had her mobile phone out at a checkpoint.
He said: "She was recording the sound of bombs from the Turkish forces falling on the Kurdish area of Sur in Diyarbakir."

A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed a British national was "briefly detained and released".

Diyarbakir is a large city in the south east of Turkey that has been a focus for conflict between the Turkish government and its Kurdish population. It is about 100 miles from the Syrian border.

Source: MENA