Update (16/7/2016 8PM): Minister Bassil urged Lebanese consulate and embassy in Turkey to do the necessary to help the Lebanese stuck there. Embassy got in touch with the passengers according to LBCI.
A group of Lebanese are stuck at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport since yesterday following the failed military coup that took place. One of the passengers is saying the Lebanese embassy in Turkey is not answering their calls and the airport staff closed down the restaurants and left them alone at night with other passengers. Turkish airlines should have resumed their flights by now but MEA announced it will resume its flights tomorrow.
The Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs should get in touch with these passengers instead of tweeting at them to use the hotline and get them back to Beirut ASAP. This is unacceptable!
Here’s a link to the original post.
I work within the Foreign Ministry and I can definitely say that there is progress made on this issue through calls, etc. I’m not going to go into details given that I’m in no place to talk on behalf of the ministry. You should definitely get your facts straight before posting utter nonsense on your blog, I would highly recommend you stick to posting about food because when it comes to serious matters like this, you high lack in the intellect to do so.
Naim,
I got my facts from a friend stuck there. Keep your recommendations to yourself.
Enno nzarabo yom zyedeh hi Istanbul. Why are they being such drama queens? I’m sure they can afford an extra night at a hotel. At least they have a good excuse to take a day off from work. Msateel!
they are stuck IN the airport not in istanbul. The airport was closed and it was hard for people to leave without the assistance of their embassies.