Ans Boersma, a journalist who was working for the largest Dutch financial newspaper, was expelled from Turkey on Thursday.
The Turkish presidential communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said Ankara expelled the journalist after the Netherlands notified Turkey that she had links to the al-Nusra Front* terror group, according to reports.
He added that Turkey took the step to expel Ans Boersma as a precautionary measure.
According to the Het Parool newspaper, Turkey’s deportation of the journalist did not come at the request of Dutch prosecutors.
In turn, the newspaper defended its journalist and called her expulsion a “flagrant violation of press freedom”.
According to Turkish officials, Boersma’s deportation was not linked to her work as a journalist.
Dutch national police declined to comment the incident.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
