A Swedish journalist arrested in T\u00fcrkiye in March when he traveled there to cover nationwide protests was released and returned home to Sweden on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that \u201chard work in relative silence has paid off\u201d and that Joakim Medin’s release was due to intensive lobbying by the Swedish foreign ministry and European colleagues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcome home Joakim!\u201d Kristersson wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Last month, a Turkish court had convicted Medin of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, but initial reports said he would remain in custody awaiting the outcome of a separate trial on terrorism-related charges, The AP news reported.<\/p>\n
Medin, a journalist with the daily Dagens ETC, was detained March 27 as he arrived at Istanbul airport to cover last month\u2019s nationwide protests following the arrest of Istanbul\u2019s popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. The journalist was jailed days later on charges of insulting Erdogan and membership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, or PKK.<\/p>\n
Swedish media reported that Medin landed early Saturday at Stockholm airport, where he was welcomed by his wife and the Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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