Turkey: prominent journalist detained for insulting president Erdoğan
by Staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5VADX)
Sedef Kaba faces imprisonment for saying a proverb, with colleagues condemning arrest as attempt to intimidate media
A prominent Turkish TV journalist has been detained and could face imprisonment after being charged with insulting the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan.
Police detained Sedef Kaba at her home at 2am on Saturday and took her to a police station, before she faced court and was jailed pending a trial.
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