BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
by Michael Savage Media editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6W7DQ)
Mark Lowen considered threat to public order' after reports on nationwide anti-government demonstrations
The BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been arrested and deported from Turkey, where he was reporting on the country's largest anti-government protests in years, in an incident described by the corporation as extremely troubling.
The broadcaster said Lowen had been arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday, having been there for several days to cover the protests, which were prompted by the arrest last week of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem mamolu.
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