On Sunday, Turkey confirmed the detention of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who came to cover anti -government protests. Medina blames for membership of a terrorist organization and insult to the Presidentinforms TASR, according to AFP.
The biggest protests like Turkey has experienced in more than a decade, and broke out after 19 March detained the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imagogl, based on allegations of corruption and connection to a terrorist group. Imagoglu, currently in custody in Istanbul prison Marmara with a high degree of protection, is considered the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Medina, who works for the Swedish newspaper Dagens etc, was detained on Thursday right after arrival in Turkey, The Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard announced the next day. Editor -in -chief Dagens etc He described the allegations against the journalist as false and called for his release.
The Turkish Presidential Office in the information bullet said that Medin was known for his “anti -Turkish reports and close relationships” with the forbidden Party of the Kurdish Workers (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies consider to be a terrorist organization. According to her, his detention “has no connection with journalistic activities”.
According to the statement, Turkish prosecutors began investigating Medina in 2023 as a demonstration in Stockholm, to which he joined and where the puppet Erdogan was hung.
The Swedish journalist is one of the 15 suspects who probably organized or promoted the demonstration, stated AFP. This protest in the Swedish capital was angry with Turkey, claiming that it was organized by PKK members and summoned the Swedish Ambassador to Ankara.
Medina’s imprisonment occurred only a few hours after the authorities released the last out of 11 journalists, who were detained on Monday at dawn for covering demonstrations. Among them was the photographer of AFP Yasin Akgula. Ank
The protests in Turkey have so far been predominantly peaceful. Since the beginning, however, they have detained almost 1900 people, with 260 of them imprisoned the courts until court proceedings.
