A 49-year-old woman has become the first German citizen to stand trial in Turkey on allegations of supporting US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish authorities blame for a failed military coup last year, German media reported.
Broadcasters WDR and NDR and daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the trial began in the southern Turkish city of Karaman today and cited the indictment as saying the woman faced several years in prison.
They said the woman, whom they did not name, was born in Turkey but had lived in southwest Germany for more than 20 years and had been a German citizen for 15.
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She had been arrested in Turkey in August 2016 and released in September after pressure from Germany’s foreign ministry but was not allowed to leave the country, they said.
Earlier today, the ministry confirmed that another German citizen detained in southern Turkey last week had been released but banned from travel.
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