Alican Uludag, a Deutsche Welle reporter arrested in Turkey in February on charges of insulting the president, has filed a complaint. His lawyers allege violations of freedom of speech and the press.

Investigative journalist Alican Uludag, a correspondent with DW in Turkey, has been arrested in Ankara. The allegations against the anti-corruption reporter relate to comments critical of the Turkish government.

The German journalists' union has urged the Foreign Office to summon Turkey's ambassador after DW reporter Alican Uludag was arrested and placed in pretrial detention over a post critical of Turkey's government.

Deutsche Welle and media rights groups are calling for the release of journalist Alican Uludag, who was arrested in Turkey for 'insulting the President' and 'disseminating disinformation' in an X post.