Istanbul, March 27, 2025 (AFP) - AFP journalist Yasin Akgul freed from jail, but lawyer says charges remain

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2025-03-27

AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who was arrested this week covering Turkey's worst unrest in more than a decade, was freed Thursday from an Istanbul jail, AFP correspondents said, though his lawyer said the charges against him remain. Akgul was detained in a pre-dawn raid on his home on Monday and remanded in custody by an Istanbul court a day later. He was charged with "taking part in illegal rallies and marches", drawing outrage from rights grou......

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