German activists held in Turkey amid pro-Kurdish protests freed

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2026-01-30

Berlin/Istanbul (dpa) - A group of 16 German activists and journalists who were detained in Turkey after trying to highlight the humanitarian plight of Kurds in northern and eastern Syria are back in Germany, a German opposition party said on Friday. Among those who were detained are activists, journalists and a member of a regional chapter of the party, The Left party said. They had travelled to Kurdish regions in the south-east of Turkey, inten......

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