ArmInfo. On July 25, 2018, the National Security Service of Armenia instituted criminal proceedings on the fact of the illegal penetration of a minor citizen of Turkey into Armenia without appropriate documents.
According to the NSS press service, according to the facts, 16-year-old Umud Ali Ozmen passed the protected state border of Armenia without proper permission on July 24, 2018, and transferred from the Republic of Turkey to the territory of the Republic of Armenia. After that, near the checkpoint "Megrashat", having crossed the barbed wire, was caught by the officers of the border control department of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
Umud Ali Ozmen is charged under Article 329 of the RA Criminal Code, arrest was imposed as a preventive measure against the latter. During the investigation of the criminal case, Umud Ali Ozmen regretted what he had done, and gave confessions. He noted that he always wanted to visit Armenia and compare with her his native Kars. And since he is a minor, and he did not have the relevant documents, the only way to get to Armenia was to cross the state border illegally. The investigating body, guided by humanistic principles and considering that Umud Ali Ozmen is a minor, gave confessions and regretted what he had done, on September 25, 2018, he decided to stop the criminal prosecution and criminal proceedings against him. The detention was canceled and the Turkish citizen was given the opportunity to leave Armenia in the established order.
Meanwhile, Ozmen while walking through the streets of Yerevan, the network appeared his photos, under which he confesses his love for the capital of Armenia.