Die Welt Turkey correspondent Deniz Yücel to be released on bail after a year in prison
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes court`s decision to release Die Welt Turkey correspondent Deniz Yücel on bail following one year in pre-trial detention in solitary confinement. However, IPI stresses that a full acquittal is necessary in yet another case where a journalist in Turkey is incarcerated without indictment or evidence simply for doing their job. Yücel was arrested on 14 February 2017 after voluntarily attending police...