An American journalist was deported to U.S. by Turkish authorities after reporting about Turkish bombarding of Iraq border region and forest fires in Kurdistan.

Jake Hess, who is a freelance journalist was detained in Diyarbakýr by Turkish police on August 11.

His lawyer Serkan Akbas told Associated Press that, Hess was deported to U.S. on Friday.

It's not clear if he landed on U.S. soil since then.