HAKKARI, Turkey
A Dutch journalist based in southeastern province of Diyarbakir is to be deported, a security source said Wednesday.
Frederike Geerdink, who has been based in Turkey since 2006, was arrested on Sept. 5 in Yuksekova, in the southeastern province of Hakkari, where she had joined Kurdish civilians at a “peace camp” in a security zone established by the military.
She was among 32 people arrested on suspicion of assisting a terrorist organization.
Hakkari, which borders Iraq and Iran, has seen some of the deadliest attacks since the PKK terrorist organization resumed its armed conflict with the Turkish state at the end of July, including Sunday’s roadside bomb attack that martyred 16 soldiers.
She was released along with five others Tuesday and is currently awaiting deportation in Hakkari.
She was previously arrested in February in Diyarbakir on charges of spreading PKK propaganda and was acquitted in April.
