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Der Spiegel: Erdogan offered Germany a mafia-like ‘prisoner exchange’

Der Spiegel: Erdogan offered Germany a mafia-like ‘prisoner exchange’

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered an exchange of prisoners between Turkey and Germany, in what Der Spiegel said like a plot in a mafia film. Erdogan promised to release German citizens in Turkish prisons in exchange for the Turkish citizens in Germany whom...
Turkey’s jailed journalists given press freedom prize

Turkey’s jailed journalists given press freedom prize

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 14, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel and Turkish author and honorary PEN member Aslı Erdoğan have been awarded the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media in Leipzig. According to Deutsche Welle, the award is given to those who are...
German media group Turkey at ECHR over reporter’s arrest

German media group Turkey at ECHR over reporter’s arrest

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 5, 2017 | Int'l Reactions

WeltN24, the German media group that publishes Die Welt daily newspaper, has lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), over Turkey’s jailing of journalist Deniz Yücel. The veteran Die Welt reporter was first detained as part of an investigation...
Pro-gov’t Star daily says jailed Die Welt reporter ‘not a journalist, but a PKK hitman’

Pro-gov’t Star daily says jailed Die Welt reporter ‘not a journalist, but a PKK hitman’

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The front page of the pro-government Star daily on Thursday bore a headline that targeted jailedDie Welt reporter Deniz Yücel, saying he is not a journalist but rather a hitman of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The headline on Star’s front page said...
Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel arrested over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law

Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel arrested over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey on Feb. 14 as part of an investigation for publishing stories on the leaked emails of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, was arrested by a...
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