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Turkey detains journalist over posts criticizing Azerbaijan’s school headscarf restrictions

Southern Turkey, Türkiye ·

Turkish police detained Ahmet Sapa, a columnist and the Hatay representative of the Islamist Köklü Değişim outlet, at his home on Tuesday, according to the outlet's general coordinator Mahmut Kar. His detention followed that of Muhammed Emin Yıldırım, the outlet's Istanbul representative.

Turkey has in recent years detained journalists and commentators, and press freedom groups have criticised such cases.

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