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Swedish journalist detained on arrival in Turkey: FM

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28-03-2025 | 10:19

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Swedish journalist detained on arrival in Turkey: FM

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was detained upon arrival in Turkey where he was heading to cover anti-government demonstrations, Sweden's foreign minister and the reporter's newspaper Dagens ETC said Friday.

"We always take it seriously when journalists are detained. We know that a Swedish journalist was detained in connection with his entry to Turkey," Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said in a statement on social media.

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