Young activist arrested in Istanbul to be expelled

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 29 - Dalila Procopio, a 25-year-old Italian woman arrested in Istanbul during a feminist march on Friday, is set to be expelled from Turkey, the Mor Dayanisma women's group said on Tuesday.
    The association added that Procopio has been taken to a repatriation centre and issued with an order not to return to Turkey.
    She was held and taken to a police barracks along with around 100 activists after taking part in a march for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which had been banned by the local prefect.
    The woman had reportedly been staying in Istanbul since September on a tourist visa having previously spent time in Turkey as an Erasmus student. (ANSA).