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...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nabi Avcı told German media that imprisoned journalist Deniz Yücel needs to prove his innocence if he wants to return to Germany. “I would like to see that person [Yücel] prove his innocence. Yet, this is a judicial process....
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...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Deniz Yücel, the Turkey representative of the German Die Welt daily, has been detained by police over terrorism charges in İstanbul, according to a Friday statement by lawyer representing Yücel. Lawyer Veysel OK told BBC Turk that his client has been under detention...
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