Swedish journalist sentenced in Turkey for ‘insulting Erdoğan’

<p>Joakim Medin given suspended sentence over photos on his articles, but remains in jail awaiting trial on terror charge</p><p>A Turkish court has handed a Swedish journalist an 11-month suspended sentence for insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he remains behind bars awaiting trial on a second more serious charge.</p><p>Joakim Medin, who works for the Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained at Istanbul airport on 27 March when he flew in to cover the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/22/turkey-protests-istanbul-mayor-grow-into-fight-about-democracy">mass protests gripping Turkey</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-sentenced-turkey-erdogan">Continue reading...</a>