Trial for Arms-Smuggling :Turkey jails Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul

A Turkish court has jailed two prominent journalists for revealing state secrets, in a case widely criticised by international observers.

Erdem Gul received five years and Can Dundar five years and 10 months.

• Mr Dundar and Mr Gul, editor and Ankara bureau chief of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, had reported that Turkey had tried [sic] to ship arms to rebels [sic] fighting the Syrian government.

Shortly before the verdict, a gunman attempted to kill Mr Dundar.

The assailant fired several shots while Mr Dundar was briefing reporters outside the courthouse. Mr Dundar escaped unharmed and the gunman was arrested. A reporter was lightly injured in the leg.

Speaking after the verdict, Mr Dundar said the sentence, and the assassination attempt, were "not given only to suppress and silence us" but to "intimidate the Turkish media and make us scared of writing"....http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36233282
6/5/16
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