Opposition Leader's Aircraft Not Allowed To Descend Above Turkey's Presidential Palace: Report

An airplane carrying Turkey's main opposition leader had recently requested to descend over Ankara due to bad weather, but the air traffic control tower refused the request by pointing a finger at the presidential palace below, according to daily Cumhuriyet. "Aircraft fear in the palace" was the title of daily Cumhuriyet Ankara correspondent Çiğdem Toker's column on May 6 explaining the episode.