Frederike Geerdink
As the new Turkey evolves into an old one
Serkan Demirta?, the Hürriyet Daily News' Ankara bureau chief, wrote yesterday of the shock that the Dutch foreign minister experienced when he heard about the detention of a Dutch journalist by terrorism police, just as he was talking about freedom of press in Ankara with Turkish journalists.
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Turkish minister defends 'judicial process' after detention of Dutch journalist
Police appealed to Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink for her testimony as part of an ongoing investigation on allegations of making propaganda for a terrorist organization, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? has said, noting that the judicial process was in line with the legal procedure.
How the Dutch FM learned about the arrest of the Dutch journalist
I was at a lunch with the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders, along with two colleagues, at the residence of the Dutch Ambassador to Turkey, Ron Keller, when news broke about the detention of Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink in Diyarbak?r.