Northampton journalist urges Turkey to free imprisoned colleague

A British journalist arrested in Turkey on terror charges has said he feels a"massive responsibility" for his translator, who remains in prison.

Jake Hanrahan was detained, along with cameraman Philip Pendlebury, while filming clashes between police and youth members of the pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party on August 27.

They were accused of "working on behalf of a terrorist organisation" and"assisting Islamic State" before they were eventually released on Thursday.

Mr Hanrahan - who is from Northampton - described his arrest and time in a high-security prison as "traumatic" and added he was concerned for their Turkish-based colleague Mohammed Ismael Rasool.

The 25-year-old told how the trio were detained by 20 Turkish police, heldin solitary confinement overnight, barred from contacting family and friends and questioned over alleged links to both Islamic State and the PKK.

Before the two journalists were released, the Foreign Office said the UK expected Turkey to uphold its obligations to allow freedom of expression.

Mr Pendlebury, 30, from Wigan, has filmed in countries including Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea, while Mr Hanrahan has also written for The Guardian, the Independent, Wired and Rolling Stone Middle East.