Turkish Prosecutor Challenges Acquittal of Dutch Journalist on Terror Charges

A Dutch journalist faces a retrial in Turkey for spreading "terrorist propaganda", after a prosecutor said on Tuesday he would appeal a court decision to acquit her. On Monday, a court in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir ruled that freelance journalist Frederike Geerdink's reporting and posts on social media did not amount to "terrorist propaganda" but was journalism. Geerdink was accused of posting Twitter and Facebook messages in favor of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party--or PKK. The judges ruled for an acquittal after the prosecutor said there was not enough evidence to try her. Following her acquittal, Geerdink told reporters that she was happy she would be able to get back to her work as a journalist.