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Turkish Authorities Deport BBC Journalist Covering Mass Protests

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BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was arrested in Istanbul for reportedly being a threat to public order.

  1. GB
    BBC
    1. This morning, the Turkish authorities deported BBC News correspondent Mark Lowen from Istanbul, having taken him from his hotel the previous day and detained him for 17 hours. Mark Lowen was in Turkey to report on the recent protests. He has been told he was deported for 'being a threat to public order'.
  2. GB
    Mark Lowen
    BBC
    1. To be detained and deported from the country where I previously lived for five years and for which I have such affection has been extremely distressing. Press freedom and impartial reporting are fundamental to any democracy.
  3. GB
    Deborah Turness
    BBC
    1. Mark is a very experienced correspondent with a deep knowledge of Turkey and no journalist should face this kind of treatment simply for doing their job. We will continue to report impartially and fairly on events in Turkey.
    2. No journalist should face this kind of treatment simply for doing their job.

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sources

  1. 1.ABC News (Australia)
  2. 2.The New York Times
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.ABC News
  5. 5.Agence France-Presse
  6. 6.BBC
  7. 7.Halk TV
  8. 8.Reuters
  9. 9.Sözcü
  10. 10.Tele1
  11. 11.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Protests
  2. 2.Authoritarianism
  3. 3.Corruption
  4. 4.Riots
  5. 5.Turkish Foreign Policy
  6. 6.Kurdish nationalism
  7. 7.Freedom of the press
  8. 8.Turkey under Erdoğan
  9. 9.Turkish politics

countries

  1. 1.FranceFR
  2. 2.TurkeyTR

organizations

  1. 1.RTÜKTR
  2. 2.Republican People's PartyTR

persons

  1. 1.Mark LowenGB
  2. 2.Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTR
  3. 3.Amelia Nierenberg
  4. 4.Deborah TurnessGB
  5. 5.Ekrem İmamoğluTR
  6. 6.Ali Kerikaya
  7. 7.Ben Hubbard
  8. 8.Dilara Senkaya
  9. 9.Emilie Madi
  10. 10.Mehmet Celik
  11. 11.Murad Sezer
Turkish Authorities Deport BBC Journalist Covering Mass Protests