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Friday, March 9, 2018
Turkey hands down long prison sentences to 25 journalists on terror charges
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror charges.
The journalists, some of whom used to work for media outlets affiliated with the Gülen movement, are alleged to be followers of the movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The movement strongly denies any involvement.
There were 29 defendants in the trial, 19 of whom were in pretrial detention.
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