An Italian woman detained in Turkey
on Sunday while doing election monitoring for the HDP, the party
that has the biggest support among the country's Kurdish
minority, said Monday that she had been released.
"I'm free," Cristiana Cattafesta told Radio Capital after
being held in the south-eastern province of Batman.
"I got away with just a night in jail, where I was treated
extremely well.
"They drummed up a case out of nothing.
"During an ordinary police check in the street they saw a PKK
flag on my Facebook page and accused me of conducting terrorist
propaganda.
"They accused me of links with the PKK. I told them that this
was not true, that publishing photos on Facebook is not a crime.
"Now I'm waiting for the decision of the immigration office.
"They'll tell me if I will be expelled immediately or simply
banned from returning to the Batman region".
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