
'Then, the phone rang': BBC's Mark Lowen on being deported from Turkey
The BBC correspondent was deported from Turkey this week after covering ongoing mass protests in the country.
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Mark Lowen is a British journalist who works for BBC News as a correspondent in Southern Europe based in Rome. He was previously based in Turkey, Greece and Serbia. He moved to Rome in 2019 and is often deployed elsewhere on major stories. He has reported for the BBC from over 40 countries.
The BBC correspondent was deported from Turkey this week after covering ongoing mass protests in the country.
Mark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later deported back to the UK, the BBC has said.