German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed concern about the refusal of entry for the SWR-correspondents Volker Schwenck in Turkey. The reporter has since returned to Cairo.
The Foreign Office was in constant contact with all the necessary places and sat down also that the working capacity of the journalists will be quickly restored, Merkel said after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in Berlin. see the Federal Government “of course, also with some concern”.
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Schwenck has now flown back to Cairo as the SWR announced. Why the journalist was total detained for twelve hours at Istanbul airport, is still unclear. Turkey had the ARD correspondent Volker Schwenck according to the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) refused entry before.
Schwenck was therefore on the way to a documentary on refugees in the Turkish-Syrian border. He came from Cairo. The Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported on Tuesday afternoon, Schwenck has been designated.
“Bin journalist. A problem? “
” A Streetcar Named Istanbul. denied entry into Turkey. There was a note on my behalf. Bin journalist. A problem? “Schwenck wrote on Twitter. For this purpose he published a photo of the official form on which it its entry ban was announced.
Reasons were not initially called him, it was said at SWR. Anadolu also reported against Schwenck a travel ban existed. Reasons for not also called Anadolu
.
Difficult entry for journalists
Schwenck reported more frequently in the past from the rebel-held areas in northern Syria, have entered the journalists usually via Turkey. Turkey has tolerated such trips long or even allowed, evaluates now but as illegal border crossings.
In recent months several journalists, the entry into Turkey have been denied. Others were reported, among other things because of illegally crossing the border from Syria.
DJV speaks of harassment
From the Foreign Office called it, it was known that a German was refused entry to Turkey , Employees of the German Consulate General were driven to the airport in order to contact the person concerned. Even high-ranking representatives of the Centre had direct contact with the parties concerned.
The German Journalists Association (DJV) called the travel ban a “chicane”. The DJV informed, now is “the courtesy of Chancellor Angela Merkel in the case Böhmermann against the Turkish President Erdogan”. Avenge
evidence of an association between the visa ban for Schwenck and the case Böhmermann there are not. The German Journalistinnen- and Journalists Union (dju) criticized “a questionable and reprehensible understanding of press and freedom of information” in Turkey.
“The fixing of the ARD correspondent unfortunately fits in the repressive policies”
the Greens Bundestag member Tabea Rößner called on Chancellor Merkel to address the issue of press freedom in their trip to Turkey next Saturday. “Unfortunately, the fixing of the ARD correspondent fits in the repressive policies which Turkey takes place in view of the press and freedom of expression in recent months.” In the Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, Turkey is ranked 149 of 180.
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