The Turkish government has deported an American freelance journalist after detaining him for four days on allegations that he had ties to an outlawed Kurdish group. At the time of his arrest, the twenty-five-year-old Jake Hess was writing for Inter Press Service. Hess’s most recent article detailed the plight of Kurdish civilians affected by Turkish and Iranian bombings targeting the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
Turkey Deports US Journalist
HeadlineAug 16, 2010