A court in Ankara on Thursday opened proceedings against Deutsche Welle reporter Alican Uludag, and released Uludag from detention while the case against him continued.
The next court date is scheduled for September 18.
Uludag's lawyer Abbas Yalcin welcomed his client's release after months in detention, but also argued that even if Uludag were convicted, "he would not spend 90 days in prison."
Yalcin said the period in detention could be seen "as the equivalent of a punishment issued prior to conviction, or even as exceeding this."
"We hope that this will bring an end to proceedings and we ask for an urgent decision on his acquittal," he said.The case opened on Thursday in Ankara, some three months after Uludag's arrestImage: Gülsen Solaker/DW
