Denîz Yûcel

German FM Gabriel has said “Deniz Yücel is still in prison because in my opinion Turkey has taken him hostage.”

The indictment prepared against journalists Ömer Albayrak, Metin Yoksu, Tunca Öğreten, Derya Okatan, Mahir Kanat, E.S. and Deniz Yücel has been submitted to the court.

Arrested Die Welt correspondent Deniz Yücel noted that he did not want to be handed over to anywhere and that his only demand was to have a fair trial. Yücel also criticized President Erdoğan for calling him a “terrorist” where there hasn’t even been any bill of indictment yet.

President Erdoğan has said the arrested Die Welt correspondent Yücel is not a journalist but terrorist.

In his letter from prison, arrested Die Welt journalist Deniz Yücel has written that the conditions in prison were better than in detention and added that he still had to laugh about the reason for his arrest.