Source: Politico
“A Swedish reporter detained in Turkey could be jailed for 12 years if convicted of insulting the country’s president and on terrorism charges, his employer said Wednesday. Joakim Medin, a journalist for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was arrested upon arriving in Turkey last month to cover nationwide protests that erupted after the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a popular opposition leader and primary challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Medin has been charged with insulting the president, a crime in Turkey that carries a three-year prison sentence, and with membership in the PKK Kurdish militant group, which Istanbul designates as a terrorist organization. The latter charge carries a nine-year prison sentence. ‘I can only repeat that he is a journalist who has done journalism,’ Dagens ETC Editor-in-chief Andreas Gustavsson said. ‘Joakim is not a criminal, definitely not some kind of terrorist.'” (04/23/25)