Erdoğan: Yücel extradition denied indefinitely, while referendum for more power passes
by Ana Ribeiro
The ECPMF demands the immediate release of Deniz Yücel, held in a Turkish jail since last February, and condemns President Erdoğan’s affirmation that the Die Welt correspondent will not be returned to Germany for as long as he is in power. Considering the impending change to the Turkish Constitution, that could be a long time.
blu-news.org, Deniz Yücel, CC BY-SA 2.0
"This is absolutely disgusting," said ECPMF board chair Henrik Kaufholz. "The statement of President Erdoğan shows that the Turkisk justice system has to follow instructions from politics."
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