224:, it was met with a prohibition to enter the city as well. On the way to Istanbul, the police tried to detain several Kurdish members of the delegation, which lead to a brawl between the authorities and Swiss members trying to prevent the detention. On the 3 September, a prosecutor ordered the expulsion of the Swiss delegation. Arriving in Istanbul on 2 September 1997, many of the convoy members had to look for a new hotel as their hotel bookings were canceled on short notice. On the 3 September, a prosecutor ordered the expulsion of the Swiss members of the convoy, who tried to defend the Kurdish delegation. The remainder of the convoy was put under house arrest in the MiM hotel. A press conference which was announced for the 3 September at the
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