Dilek Yücel: "We are fighting an invisible monster"
For seven and a half months now, the German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel is held in solitary confinement in a Turkish prison. In a very personal interview his wife Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel talks about her visits, letters to her husband and her outlook for the future.
Happy days. Dilek and Deniz Yücel before the journalist was jailed.
Is Deniz Yücel still in solitary confinement? What are the effects on him?
Yes he is. Our requests for him to be allowed to share the cell or be transferred to a ward have been denied. They cite “security and order” as the reason for this denial.…