German translator arrested in Turkey

A German translator for a left press office was arrested in Turkey.

The woman is in a women's prison in Istanbul. She works as a translator for the press agency Etha. According to the ARD, the woman with Turkish roots in Ulm was born in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

In Turkey there are unknown numbers of journalists in prison, including German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel. He works for the German newspaper Die Welt.