FILE PHOTO: German journalist Mesale Tolu addresses a news conference at Stuttgart airport, Germany, August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday acquitted German journalist Mesale Tolu of terrorism charges, she said on Twitter, in a case that lasted nearly five years and added to strains between Ankara and Berlin at the time of her detention.
Tolu was detained in April 2017 as part of a crackdown following a coup attempt in July 2016 and was held in jail for eight months before being released. She had been accused of publishing terrorist propaganda and membership of a terrorist organisation.
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