M Behzad Fatmi Profile picture
Writer & Political Commentator | Turkish & Indian Politics | YouTuber | Dialogue Practitioner | Secy @indialoguefdn & @HopeActionIND | @KeeleUniversity alumnus
Feb 14, 2022 8 tweets 5 min read
I am shocked to learn of İlker Aycı's appointment as @airindiain's new CEO. He is a controversial figure from an unfriendly country - Turkey. A thread on him 👇

#AirIndia #TATA Image He is known for his closeness to the Turkish dictator @RTErdogan's son, Bilal Erdoğan. Since becoming the board chairman of @TurkishAirlines in 2015, he filled it with graduates from Kartal İmam Hatip High School, an Islamic school in Istanbul which Bilal also attended.
Mar 24, 2020 12 tweets 6 min read
I have a harrowing #Covid19India story to tell.

I and my wife arrived at 12:30 PM on Saturday, 21st March at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after a 14 hours flight. It took us nearly 24 hours to go through two stages of medical screening and immigration clearance. There was total chaos at the airport. At this time of a global pandemic when social distancing is absolutely necessary, hundreds of arriving passengers from different incoming flights were made to stand in a crowd and mismanagement meant that they were heckling their way through.