德國之聲報道，Heinrich Böll Foundation在Istanbul的項目協調員Yonca Verdioglu Sik本週被警方帶走問話，其律師稱涉及政治及軍事間諜指控。她後來獲釋，但得知受到旅行禁令；公開問話記錄主要涉及僱主活動及資金轉賬，而非已證實的間諜行爲。
她爲基金會工作18年，負責民主、女性、少數族羣及性少數權利項目，丈夫是反對派議員及調查記者Ahmet Sik。批評者認爲案件可能是通過家屬施壓，報道沒有把這種解釋當作司法已認定的動機。
受訪研究者Hakki Tas指出，安全指控及漫長程序本身可能給媒體與民間團體帶來寒蟬效應。他同時承認國家有防範外國情報活動的權利。本文爲個案報道及專家分析，指控、政治解釋與定罪需要分別看待。
來源：Deutsche Welle 原報道。大魚新聞整理原創中文摘要；保留原刊發日期。
Yonca Verdioglu Sik (at right, with her husband, journalist and MP Ahmet Sik, left) was eventually released on Tuesday evening, but her arrest caused outrage among critics of the Turkish government Image: ANKA
Journalist Deniz Yücel was labeled a 'German agent' by Turkey's president in 2017 Image: Bernd Elmenthaler/IMAGO IMAGES
US pastor Andrew Brunson (center, white shirt, next to his wife) was released in 2018 after two years of detention Image: Getty Images/AFP/B. Kilic
