<p> A Turkish court on Friday acquitted renowned novelist Asli Erdogan on charges of membership of an armed terror organisation.</p>.<p>The court in Istanbul also acquitted Erdogan, who is living in exile in Germany, of disrupting the unity of the state, and dropped charges of spreading terror propaganda.</p>.<p>Erdogan, whose books have been translated into various different languages, was an occasional columnist for pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem which was shut down after the failed 2016 coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.</p>.<p>The novelist Erdogan -- who has no relation to the Turkish president -- was held in pre-trial detention for four months in 2016 but later released.</p>.<p>She did not attend Friday's hearing but in a statement read out by her lawyer Erdal Dogan, Erdogan said her columns did not contain any violent element.</p>.<p>"Their political content is limited to human rights violations," she said.</p>
<p> A Turkish court on Friday acquitted renowned novelist Asli Erdogan on charges of membership of an armed terror organisation.</p>.<p>The court in Istanbul also acquitted Erdogan, who is living in exile in Germany, of disrupting the unity of the state, and dropped charges of spreading terror propaganda.</p>.<p>Erdogan, whose books have been translated into various different languages, was an occasional columnist for pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem which was shut down after the failed 2016 coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.</p>.<p>The novelist Erdogan -- who has no relation to the Turkish president -- was held in pre-trial detention for four months in 2016 but later released.</p>.<p>She did not attend Friday's hearing but in a statement read out by her lawyer Erdal Dogan, Erdogan said her columns did not contain any violent element.</p>.<p>"Their political content is limited to human rights violations," she said.</p>