Turkey says Swedish journalist detained on terror charges and for ‘insulting the president’
Turkey says Swedish journalist detained on terror charges and for ‘insulting the president’
Turkey says Swedish journalist detained on terror charges and for ‘insulting the president’
Joakim Medin, who works for the Dagens ETC newspaper, was arrested on Thursday when his plane landed
Summary
Turkish authorities arrested Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on charges of “membership in an armed terrorist organisation” and “insulting the president” after he arrived to cover protests over Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention.
The presidency linked Medin to the banned PKK group and a 2023 Stockholm protest involving an effigy of Erdogan.
Medin’s paper called the charges “absurd,” and Sweden’s foreign minister vowed to intervene.
Turkey also deported BBC’s Mark Lowen and released 11 other detained journalists, amid an escalating crackdown on media during nationwide anti-government protests.