| Series Title | The Guardian |
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| Series Details | 24.04.16 |
| Publication Date | 24/04/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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A Dutch journalist was blocked from leaving Turkey on 24 April 2016 following her arrest for tweets deemed critical of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ebru Umar, a well-known atheist and feminist journalist of Turkish origin, had written a piece criticising Erdoğan for the Dutch daily Metro, extracts of which she then tweeted, leading to her arrest. After her arrest in the resort town of Kusadasi in western Turkey, where she was on holiday, Dutch officials said, she was brought before a judge. This incident took place following a week of tension between Turkey and the Netherlands, after reports that the Turkish consulate in the country had asked for Turkish organisations to forward emails and social media posts that insulted Mr Erdogan or Turkey. The situation added further tension in the relations between Europe and Turkey, as the incident with a German comediant and its critical views regarding Mr Erdogan still loomed. |
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| Source Link | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/dutch-journalist-ebru-umar-arrested-in-turkey-for-criticising-erdogan |
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| Countries / Regions | Netherlands, Turkey |
