DİHA Reporter Şermin Soydan to be Released

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Release decision has been issued for closed Dicle News Agency (DİHA) correspondent Şermin Soydan, who was arrested due to her article titled "İşte Gever'e 'gizli' operasyon belgesi” as to an operation launched into Hakkari’s Yüksekova district.

Taking Soydan’s arrest period into consideration, the court ruled supervised release of Soydan.  The trial will continue on January 13, 2017.

About Şermin Soydan

Şoydan is DİHA correspondent for Van province. She was detained on May 12 as she was reporting. She was held at Provincial Security Directorate Anti-Terror Bureau and her detention period was extended.

It was later learned that soydan was arrested due to her article titled "İşte Gever'e 'gizli' operasyon belgesi” as to an operation launched into Hakkari’s Yüksekova district.

She was arrested on May 14 on charge of “Obtaining state’s confidential documents with the purpose of espionage and making them public with the purpose of espionage”. (EA/TK)