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Turkey sentences Germany-based journalist to prison in absentia

Deniz Yucel was convicted of "incitement to hatred" and spreading "terror propaganda."
BAD HERSFELD, GERMANY - JULY 05: Deniz Yuecel speaks during the opening of the 69. Bad Hersfelder Festspiele 2019 at Stiftsruine on July 05, 2019 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

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.

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