Swedish Journalist Arrested in Turkey on Terrorism Charge

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been arrested in Turkey on charges of “insulting the president” and “membership of an armed terrorist organization,” according to state-run Anadolu Agency, which cited the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The move followed an investigation into a January 2023 protest in Stockholm, where a mannequin representing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hung in effigy in front of the city hall.