German journalist acquitted of terror charges in Turkey

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ISTANBUL — A Turkish tribunal has acquitted German writer Mesale Tolu aft years connected proceedings for terror-related charges.

“After 4 years, 8 months and 20 days: Acquitted of some charges!” Tolu tweeted aft her acquittal. She was accused of engaging successful panic propaganda and being a subordinate of a banned left-wing radical — the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party.

German nationalist Tolu, 38, was placed successful pre-trial detention for 8 months successful 2017. She was aboriginal released but was barred from leaving Turkey until August 2018. She lives successful Germany.

Before her arrest, Tolu worked arsenic a translator and writer for the Turkish ETHA quality agency.

German-Turkish relations were tense astatine the clip of Tolu’s arrest, erstwhile 8 different German oregon German-Turkish nationals were imprisoned. Berlin considered the arrests to beryllium politically motivated.

Reporters Without Borders ranks Turkey astatine 153 retired of 180 countries successful its World Press Freedom Index of 2021. At slightest 34 media employees are presently down bars, according to Turkey’s Journalists Union.

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