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Deniz Yücel
Amnesty International held a rally in front of the Turkish embassy in Berlin to free Deniz Yücel. Journalist Yücel is detained in Turkey for doing his work as correspondent for "Die Welt". This case lead to a diplomatic confrontation between Turkey and the German government.
The activists also remind the fate of other journalists like Ahmet Şık and Kadri Gürsel.
The social democratic choir "Lieder freunde" held a rally in front of the embassy of Turkey in Berlin to free the journalist Deniz Yücel who is detained in Turkey for his journalis work.
Among the participants is also Turkish journalist Can Dündar who had chosen Germany for his exile.
About 200 rallied in front of the embassy of Turkey in Berlin to free detained journalist Deniz Yücel. Yücel who is a German and also a Turkish citizen was arrested in Turkey two weeks ago for charges of supporting terrorism. He is the correspondent in Turkey for the German newspaper "Die Welt". In articles he critized president recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government. He was short timed arrested for critical questions to a local governor.
Among the attending crowd were politicians from the Green Party, die Left Party and Pirate Party. Also a lot of journalists joined the protest.
The protest was organized by MP Öczan Mutlu (Greens).
