Il giornalista svedese detenuto all’arrivo in Turchia è stato incarcerato, dice il datore di lavoro

somoe additional context: the chief editor of the publication he works for says that the journalist has been designated as wanted by turkey

Presumably, the Erdogan regime has had their eyes on him before due to prior critical publications, notably during Swedens drawn out process of NATO-ascension, during witch there were some particularly provocation protests in Sweden, critical of the Erdogan regieme.

(context for that being Swedens long standing neutrality in combination with voices for international democracy and human rights as well as having a significant kurdish minority population)

ARTICLE:

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was detained on his arrival in Turkey on Thursday to cover street protests, has been jailed, his newspaper’s editor-in-chief told AFP on Friday.

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Asked whether Medin had been jailed, Dagens ETC chief Andreas Gustavsson said in a text message, “It’s correct”, adding that “we have not been informed about actual charges yet”.

Medin was held when he landed in Turkey where he was going to cover anti-government protests, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said on social media, adding that she and her colleagues “always take it seriously when journalists are detained”.

Turkish media said Medin has been accused of having “insulted the president”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and of being a “member of an armed terrorist organisation”.

“I know that these accusations are false, 100 percent false,” Gustavsson wrote on his X account.

Gustavsson said earlier that Medin had sent a text message saying he was being “taken in for questioning”.

“Joakim should be released. Because freedom of the press is under attack,” Gustavsson added.

Turkey has intensified its crackdown on anti-government protests which broke out after the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

More than 1,879 people have been detained since March 19, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday.

Police also detained two Turkish women journalists in dawn raids on their homes, the Turkish Journalists’ Union (TGS) said Friday.

The move came just hours after the authorities released the last of 11 journalists arrested in dawn raids on Monday for covering the protests, among them AFP photographer Yasin Akgul.

Turkey deported BBC journalist Mark Lowen, who had been covering the protests, after holding him for 17 hours on Wednesday, saying he posed “a threat to public order”, the broadcaster said.

In a statement late Thursday, Turkey’s communications directorate said Lowen had been deported “due to a lack of accreditation”.Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was detained on his arrival in Turkey on Thursday to cover street protests, has been jailed, his newspaper’s editor-in-chief told AFP on Friday.

some unrelated swedish sources on the story:

[Dagens ETC:s journalist frihetsberövad i Turkiet | Dagens ETC](https://www.etc.se/kommentar/dagens-etc-s-journalist-frihetsberoevad-i-turkiet) (the paper that teh jailed journalist works for)

[Svenska journalisten Joakim Medin gripen i Turkiet – förd till fängelse | SVT Nyheter](https://www.svt.se/kultur/svensk-journalist-gripen-i-turkiet) (sweidsh public service TV article)

Some people did not understand that certain countries should be avoided, especially since they must have suspected this, but good luck

The death of journalism so I agree but if they are imprisoned I don’t know who will do journalism and unfortunately they will be used as bargaining chips but good luck

Yet they’re so quick to beg for help after the next earthquake.

Just impose embargo on Turkey and halt any trade with them! Do it Europe!

Hahahah take this you terrorist, satanist, imperialist agent spy!! That will show you! /s

At this moment I’m appalled at their audacity. Are they (Erdogan and his goons) not afraid of any backlash? We get used to arrests of domestic journalists but they have never doubled down on arresting foreign journalists. It seems to me that either they lost control and in full panic mode or Erdogan trusts/knows someone like Trump will pardon his government’s actions .