Turkey detains prominent journalist over tweets on PKK

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Thursday detained a prize-winning journalist over a succession of tweets and articles for an opposition daily, state media said, as alarm grows over press freedom in the country.
Ahmet Sik was detained on accusations of making “terror propaganda” and denigrating the Turkish Republic, the judicial authorities and police, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.
It said he had been detained over tweets about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), as well as articles for the Cumhuriyet opposition daily that criticised the Turkish secret services.
The author of several books, Sik is one of the best-known journalists in the country and had already endured a lengthy spell in jail from 2011-2012.
He has won numerous awards, including the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2014.

 

Turkey detains prominent journalist over tweets on PKK

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Thursday detained a prize-winning journalist over a succession of tweets and articles for an opposition daily, state media said, as alarm grows over press freedom in the country. Ahmet Sik was detained on accusations of making terror propaganda and denigrating the Turkish Republic, the judicial authorities and police, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. It said he had been detained over tweets about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), as well as articles for the Cumhuriyet opposition daily that criticised the Turkish secret services. The author of several books, Sik is one of the best-known journalists in the country and had already endured a lengthy spell in jail from 2011-2012. He has won numerous awards, including the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2014.