Award-winning novelist Asli Erdogan goes on trial amid crackdown in Turkey

Novelist and writer Asli Erdogan went on trial in Turkey on Thursday as part of a widespread crackdown by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, including the arrests of dozens of journalists and teachers. The 49-year-old novelist, who is not related to the president, was charged with spreading “terrorist propaganda” after she was taken into custody in…