Can Dundar and his wife, Dilek, in Istanbul earlier this year. He was on a list of those to be arrested following the attempted coup OZAN KOSE/Getty ImagesA Turkish newspaper editor living in exile in Germany has called the removal of his wife’s passport a “mafia-like” punishment to prevent her from visiting him. Can Dundar, 55, is appealing against a five-year jail sentence for revealing state secrets after printing details of Turkey’s MIT spy service supplying weapons to Islamists fighting the Kurds in Syria, something the Turkish government denies. Mr Dundar stepped down as editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet last month after deciding not to return to Turkey when his name appeared on a list of journalists to be arrested following the failed military coup. Cumhuriyet is Turkey’s oldest…

Source: The Times September 16, 2016 15:59 UTC