German Journalist Detained In Turkey For ‘Misinformation,’ ‘Insulting President’

By Reuters

DW Director General Barbara Massing called the accusations baseless and said the arrest was “a deliberate act of intimidation and shows how severely the government is suppressing press freedom.”

Turkish authorities have detained a veteran correspondent of German state-backed international broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Ankara, accusing him of “disseminating misleading information” and “insulting the President.

According to Jerusalem Post, Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement late on Thursday that it detained Alican Uludag and launched a criminal investigation based on some of his social media posts.

He will be brought before prosecutors on Friday.

Deutsche Welle, or DW, said the correspondent, who has been working for the broadcaster for several years, was arrested in Ankara and taken to the Istanbul police on Thursday.