TURKEY HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY, BUT THE TRIAL CONTINUES.

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Modern headline: Turkey: DW's Alican Uludag released, but trial continues

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by writing unpalatable news about him in Deutsche Welle, a German language newspaper in DW reporter Alican Uludag was accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by writing news about him which his accusers considered "offensive." Uludag was arrested in February, charged with libel. Uludag was arrested in February for insulting the Turkish President, because he wrote in Deutsche Welle, a German newspaper published in Constantinople, an article accusing the President of "abetting disorderliness."


Original dispatch: Turkey: DW's Alican Uludag released, but trial continues

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