Warning on Turkey after new arrests and magazine closure
by Jane Whyatt
Turkey's press freedom crisis continues. A German radio reporter and a Turkish national newspaper journalist are the latest media workers to be detained.
The "state of emergency" in Turkey continues nearly one year after the attempted coup against President Erdogan, as does the crackdown on civil society under its banner. (Photo: public domain)
Mesale Tolu, who has been a German citizen since 2007, is being held in the Bakirköy Women's prison. She is accused of belonging to a terrorist organisation and spreading terrorist propaganda. Her arrest on 6 May prompted the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to…
