A journalist working for a German newspaper who has been detained in Turkey for a year is being released from jail, German officials and his lawyer said. A journalist working for a German newspaper who has been detained in Turkey for a year is being released from jail, German officials and his lawyer said. Reporter for German newspaper detained in Turkey to be freedLawyer Veysal Ok said on Twitter: “Finally, a decision has been made to free my client Deniz Yucel.”A spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry welcomed the decision by an Istanbul court. The issue came up at a meeting on Thursday between Turkey’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. German officials denied that Mr Yucel’s release might have come as a result of an arms deal between Germany and Turkey.

Source: Irish Independent February 16, 2018 11:26 UTC