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The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen reporting on the protests in Istanbul.
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen reporting on the protests in Istanbul. Photograph: BBC

The BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been arrested and deported from Turkey, where he was reporting on the country’s largest anti-government protests in years, in an incident described by the corporation as extremely troubling.

The broadcaster said Lowen had been arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday, having been there for several days to cover the protests, which were prompted by the arrest last week of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu.

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