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Ghanaians stranded at Turkish airport

  Some Ghanaians and other African nationals affected by the recent earthquake in Turkey are stranded at Gaziantep OÄŸuzeli airport with no help in sight. The stranded passengers are part of evacuees leaving Gaziantep to Ankara for shelter and safety. Narrating his ordeal to Business Week on the phone, a Ghanaian living in Turkey’s Gaziantep province who only gave his name as Abbey said, he and other affected victims were asked to go to the Gaziantep airport to be airlifted to Ankara. However, since Sunday morning (February 12,) when they got to the airport, they are yet to board any of the allocated flights to Ankara. We have been here since Sunday morning and up till now, we have not been airlifted even though we have tickets,” he lamented. He recounted that they were issued a 10am ticket to depart to Ankara but they were denied boarding because priority was given to children and the aged. They were then rescheduled for an afternoon flight but then again, they were refused with t...