French journalist arrested in Turkey

French journalist arrested in Turkey

A French journalist was arrested in Turkey on Friday, his employer said, Reuters reported.

Isabelle Roberts, the head of French news website lesjours.fr, said journalist Olivier Bertrand was arrested while reporting in the town of Gaziantep, just north of Turkey's border with Syria.

Roberts said that Bertrand had been arrested along with a photographer but that while the photographer had been released, Bertrand had been kept in custody.

"No reason has been given for their arrest," added Roberts.

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