Turkey: Deutsche Welle journalist arrested for insulting thin-skinned politician

Source: The New Arab [UK]

“A Turkish journalist with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) was jailed by an Istanbul court on Friday on charges of ‘insulting the president,’ an NGO said a day after his arrest by 30 police officers. Alican Uludag was arrested in Ankara on Thursday evening following a warrant issued by the Istanbul public prosecutor’s office, which said it had opened an investigation into him for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ‘disseminating false news’ in connection with ‘certain posts’ on X.” (02/20/26)

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