Aslı Ceren Aslan, the managing editor of the pro-Kurdish biweekly newspaper, Özgür Gelecek, was arrested on Feb. 13.
Aslan was detained on accusation of “border infringement” and membership to a terrorist organization, in Turkey’s border province of Şanlıurfa, on Feb. 9.
Turkey already keeps at least 162 journalists behind bar in pretrial detention.
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