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Journalist gets 11-month suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Erdogan

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Joakim Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, a media rights group says.

He remains in custody awaiting the outcome of a separate trial on terrorism-related charges.

Medin , a journalist with the daily Dagens ETC , was detained March 27 as he arrived at Istanbul airport.

He was jailed days later on charges of insulting Erdogan and membership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party .

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