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Dutch prosecutors: Reporter expelled by Turkey is a suspect

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey deported a Dutch journalist on Thursday after receiving information about her from prosecutors in the Netherlands involved in a terrorism investigation. A Dutch prosecutor’s office spokeswoman said the reporter is a suspect in an investigation, but not for terrorism offenses. The spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the nature of the suspicions against the reporter, Ans Boersma. Boersma, who worked for respected newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad and other news outlets in Istanbul, was detained by authorities on Wednesday while submitting documents at an immigration office to extend her Turkish residence permit. The newspaper said in a statement that Boersma believes her deportation may be linked to a past relationship she had with a Syrian man suspected in the Netherlands of being a former member of a jihadist group. Fahrettin Altun, the communications director for the Turkish presidency, confirmed Boersma’s deportation in a message to foreign journalists in Turkey. He said her ouster was “in no way related to her journalistic activities during her stay in Turkey” but was based on intelligence received from Dutch police “that Ms.

 

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