The Turkish authorities have exiled a German photojournalist who traveled to the country to prepare an article on the Armenian Genocide.

Andy Spyra, who works for the publication Der Spiegel, was forced to return from the airport over alleged links to the Islamic State, the Turkish Radikal reports.

He had earlier been to the country on a visit.

Arriving at the Turkish airport on March 28, Spyra was first arrested and searched; an intervention by the German Embassy appeared to be of no help in terms of preventing the exile.

The photo journalist admitted that he had left for Turkey for preparing a material about the Genocide and cited his previous records as evidence that might have struck the corresponding authorities’ attention.