Turkey sentences Germany-based journalist to prison in absentia
Deniz Yucel was convicted of "incitement to hatred" and spreading "terror propaganda."
An Istanbul court has sentenced a prominent Turkish-German journalist to nearly three years in prison in absentia in a trial that has further heightened tensions between two NATO partners.
Deniz Yucel, 46, was convicted of “incitement to hatred" and spreading "terrorist propaganda" through the articles he wrote about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party as a Turkey-based correspondent for Germany's Die Welt newspaper.
Yucel, who denies all the charges, did not attend the trial, and his lawyer says Yucel will appeal the court’s sentence of two years, nine months and 22 days in prison.
Yucel has lived in Berlin since his release from Turkish custody in February 2018 after a year spent in pretrial detention, including solitary confinement.
