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US Journalist Jailed in Southeast Turkey Returning Home
Aug 15th 2010 – 12:25PM
Margaree Little
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
Aug 13th 2010 – 1:03PM
Margaree Little
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...
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