Meşale Tolu

Meşale Tolu Çorlu (born Tolu in 1984) is a German journalist and translator of Kurdish descent. She was arrested in Turkey for allegations on spreading propaganda for an illegal organization and her membership in the organization.

Early life Meşale Tolu was born to second-generation emigrated Turkish parents as the youngest of three siblings in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1984. At that time her husband was still banned from leaving Turkey, but later in October of the same year a Turkish court revoked his travel ban. In 2019 Tolu published a book on her case entitled „Mein Sohn bleibt bei mir!“: Als politische Geisel in türkischer Haft und warum es noch nicht zu Ende ist ("My son stays with me!: As a political hostage in Turkish imprisonment and why it hasn't ended yet").