Freed German Journalist Vows to Keep Fighting for Turkish Colleagues

Freed German Journalist Vows to Keep Fighting for Turkish Colleagues
German journalist Mesale Tolu and Baki Selcuk from a supporters group address a news conference at Stuttgart airport, Germany, August 26, 2018. Reuters/Ralph Orlowski
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DUESSELDORF, Germany—Journalist Mesale Tolu, released from Turkish prison in December but banned from leaving the country until this week, returned to Germany on Aug. 26 vowing to continue fighting for colleagues imprisoned in Turkey’s crackdown after a failed coup in 2016.

Charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and publishing terrorist propaganda, German citizen Tolu was one of tens of thousands of civil servants and journalists detained after the attempt to depose President Tayyip Erdogan.