Star reporter held by armed Turkish police
Sweeney cornered over anti-Erdogan articles
MORNING STAR reporter Steve Sweeney was detained for eight hours in Turkey on Tuesday after travelling there to interview victims of the army crackdown on majority-Kurdish cities.
Mr Sweeney and his companion were stopped at a police road checkpoint near the south-eastern city of Cizre on Tuesday.
He told the Star that when police realised they were journalists, they called in the army and anti-terrorist officers.
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