OVER 10,500 NIGERIANS IN ISTANBUL PRISONS ALONE

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OVER 10,500 NIGERIANS IN ISTANBUL PRISONS ALONE

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

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A former Ottoman prison isn’t exactly where you would expect a Four Seasons Hotel, but the ultra-luxe chain decided it was the perfect spot for their Turkish boutique. Built in 1918, Sultanahmet Jail was the first prison constructed in Istanbul and it housed intellectual dissidents, artists and writers who opposed Ottoman rule– yikes! After serving for years as a political jail, it was then turned into a military prison, and was ultimately abandoned in 1969.
The Four Seasons took over in 1992 and spent four years renovating the heck out of this building with a pretty unpleasant past. All “Turkish Delight” jokes aside, they left a few adorable “prison-y” touches — like a large marble pillar with the etchings of a former inmate — but for the most part completely redid the interior of the building in a lush, Four Seasons-worthy design.

Internationally respected news and media content provider ,Paedia Express Multimedia now hears that not less than 10,500 Nigerians are now languishing in state prison facilities in the city of Istanbul,Turkey.

In a world exclusive chat with the News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria a second year management student of the Otti University in Istanbul,Turkey who is currently at home in Nigeria on holidays but will not want his names in the print due to security concerns ,said that the figures which was based on a research study carried out in Turkey by Nigerians does not include those in prisons outside of Istanbul in cities like Adana,Gaziaten,Ankara,altay among other places.

He noted with dismay that though there were several students schooling in Otti University ,Istanbul but sadly most of them were into a lot of dangerous vices like credit card theft ,drugs ,prostitution just to name but a few.

He affirmed that he does not think that the Nigerian Embassy in Ankara was doing anything about the messy situation that a lot of Nigerians had gotten themselves into in Turkey  all in the name of survival.

According to him,Turkey unlike other nations do not deport any foreign offenders to their land as they simply toss them into prisons after getting them convicted with jail terms which usually ranges from 10 years,15 years,20 years or even more.

He revealed that every student is allowed to have a resident permit  by the Turkish authorities and this has given them the chance to do a lot of things freely and get integrated in the land