Iran Press/Asia: The prominent correspondent of the German newspaper Die Welt said he was hit, kicked, humiliated and threatened at Silivri prison, according to the written version of his report that was seen by the DPA news agency.
Yücel's one-year incarceration without a written indictment triggered a serious diplomatic crisis between Berlin and Ankara. He was released in February 2018.
The new torture charges caused an outcry among German left-wing politicians, while an associate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubted Yücel's account.
The journalist said he received blows and kicks to his feet, chest and face, as well as threats of heavier violence.
Yücel has been accused of having contact with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and with followers of Fethullah Gulen, whom the government accuses of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016.
A German parliamentarian and member of Die Linke (The Left) party, Sevim Dagdelen, urged her Foreign Ministry to summon Turkey's ambassador to Berlin.
"That's necessary to protect other German citizens who are detained in Turkey from torture and abuse," she said, adding that Turkey's EU accession talks must be stopped.
Nils Schmidt, the head of the German parliament's foreign relations committee, called Yücel's torture report 'deeply troubling'. The Social Democrat urged the Turkish government to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Yücel explained that he had not come forward with his account immediately after his release from prison, because he did not want to fuel tensions amid the election campaign for Turkey's general election that was held last June. 101/211/202
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