Exiled Turkish Journalist Attacked Outside Home in Germany

Exiled Turkish Journalist Attacked Outside Home in Germany
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey, on April 5, 2021. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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ANKARA, Turkey—A Turkish journalist, who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, was injured after being attacked outside his home by three men who reportedly warned him to stop writing.

Erk Acarer, a columnist for Turkey’s independent Birgun newspaper, said in a video posted on Twitter that the attack occurred late Wednesday in the courtyard of his home outside Berlin. He sustained some swelling on his head and was kept at a hospital for several hours for observation.