The detention of the journalists came a day after a Turkish court freed seven other journalists, including an Agence France-Presse photojournalist Yasin Akgul, who were earlier jailed for ...

Istanbul (AFP) – AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who was arrested this week covering Turkey's worst unrest in more than a decade, was freed Thursday from an Istanbul jail, AFP correspondents said ...

Press freedom groups have criticized Turkey for detaining journalists and enforcing a media blackout amid nationwide protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's mayor. Turkish authorities ...

AFP on Tuesday called the arrest of Akgul "unacceptable". “Yasin Akgul was not part of the protest. As a journalist, he was covering one of the many demonstrations that have been organised in ...

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Among them was AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on Monday and remanded in custody a day later alongside six other journalists. The move was sharply denounced by ...

Among them was AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Paris-based news agency. "His imprisonment is unacceptable. This is why I am asking you to intervene as quickly as ...

Among them was AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Paris-based news agency. “His imprisonment is unacceptable. This is why I am asking you to intervene as quickly as possible ...

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is demanding the immediate release of its photographer, Yasin Akgul, who has been jailed in Turkey. Akgul was detained pending trial amid an investigation into protests ...

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A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who had been detained after covering the Istanbul protests that erupted after the arrest ...