ISTANBUL - An Istanbul court acquitted novelist Asli Erdogan on Friday of charges of terrorist group membership, in one of a series cases which have fuelled concern among European Union states and rights groups about a deterioration in media freedom in Turkey. Erdogan, who is now living in self-imposed exile in Europe,... read full story
Photo: Turkish author Asli Erdogan poses after being awarded with the medal of" Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres", by French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen, center, at the Culture ministry, in Paris, Friday, March 16. 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)