Journalist for German newspaper arrested in Turkey

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Deniz Yücel jailed pending trial on charges of propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation and inciting the public to violence

Reuters in Istanbul

Monday 27 February 2017 22.28 GMT

Protestors wave flags and hold signs during a motorcade on the occasion of the solidarity for Deniz Yücel in Berlin.

Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/27/journalist-for-german-newspaper-arrested-in-turkey

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Assault on freedom of expression': Die Welt journalist's arrest in Turkey condemned

Opposition and rights groups attack arrest of Deniz Yücel as German foreign ministry summons Turkish ambassador to Berlin

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Tuesday 28 February 2017 19.07 GMT

The arrest of Deniz Yücel is the latest in a broad crackdown on the media in Turkey after July’s failed coup.

Photograph: Karlheinz Schindler/AFP/Getty Images

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/28/formal-arrest-of-die-welt-journalist-deniz-yucel-in-turkey-condemned-german