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German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel unexpectedly resigned from his post at the head of PEN Germany after a row over leadership style. Yücel became widely known after he was jailed in Istanbul as correspondent for a German newspaper, causing a rift between Ankara and Berlin. “I don’t want to be president of this bratwurst joint,” Yücel said on Friday at a meeting where he also resigned from the association which supports Poets, Essayists and Novelists. He had narrowly survived a motion for his dismissal, with 75 were against the dismissal, 73 in favour, following wrangles over leadership styl…