German-Turkish writer held in Spain on Turkey`s order
(WorldNews Turkey)

Dogan Akhanli, a German intellectual of Turkish origin who writes on Turkey`s record on human rights, was arrested in Spain on Saturday at Ankara`s request, the foreign ministry said in Berlin, adding that it opposed any extradition of the writer. The arrest was initially announced by German Green MP Volker Beck, who described it as a politically-motivated move by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A foreign ministry official later confirmed the...