TURKISH authorities said today that a Swedish journalist has been arrested on charges of terrorism and insulting the president.

Joakim Medin of the daily Dagens ETC was detained as he arrived at Istanbul airport on Thursday and placed under arrest on Friday on charges of “membership in a terrorist organisation” and “insulting the president.”

The Counter Disinformation Centre, part of the Turkish presidency’s Communications Department, said in a statement that Mr Medin’s arrest was “not over his journalism activities.”