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Does Hess' Deportation Mean Turkey's Tough on Journalists?

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 16) -- As U.S. freelance journalist Jake Hess waited today for the Turkish government to finish the paperwork necessary to deport him, his detention has prompted some to wonder whether press freedom has taken a turn for the worse in Turkey. Hess was detained Wednesday in the Kurdish majority city of...

US Journalist Jailed in Southeast Turkey Returning Home

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (Aug. 15) - - Jake Hess, a U.S. journalist detained Wednesday evening in southeast Turkey, is on his way home after four days in a Turkish jail. "I was detained, the prosecutor evaluated the situation and decided to deport me," Hess told AOL News via mobile phone from Diyarbakir where he is still in...

Turkey Draws Fire for Detaining US Journalist

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Aug. 13) -- An American freelance journalist has been detained in Turkey after writing articles on the Turkish military's alleged abuse of Kurds in the country's southeast. Jake Hess, who earned a master's degree in history from Brown University in 2008, was detained Wednesday evening at his hotel in the...

Turkey's Policies Shaken Up by Ire Against Israel

ISTANBUL (June 24) -- After the Israeli assault on the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara left nine Turkish citizens dead last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned, "Nothing would ever be the same again." Certainly it isn't yet. Turkey, once a quiet Western ally and NATO stalwart, is taking criticism from...

Background on Kurdish Workers Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party ( or پارتی کار که‌رانی کوردستان Parti Karkerani Kurdistan), commonly known as PKK, also known as KGK and formerly known as KADEK (Freedom and Democracy Congress of Kurdistan) or KONGRA-GEL (Kurdistan People's Congress), is a Kurdish terrorist organization which has since 1984 been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey.

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