Turkey Arrests Dutch Reporter as Foreign Minister Visits Ankara
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Turkish anti-terrorism police raided the home of a Dutch journalist and detained her on the day that Netherlands Foreign Minister Bert Koenders was in the country on a state visit.
Frederike Geerdink announced her detention on Twitter earlier today, saying eight officers searched her house and then took her in on charges of “propaganda for a terrorist organization.” The Netherlands Consul-General in Istanbul Robert Schuddeboom confirmed her detention and said the embassy was involved in the case.