Turkey's top court says journalists' rights violated - NTV


  • World
  • Friday, 03 May 2019

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that authorities had violated the freedom of expression and personal security of two journalists detained on terrorism charges after the 2016 attempted coup, broadcaster NTV said.

Fourteen staff of newspaper Cumhuriyet, one of the few remaining voices critical of the government, were sentenced last April to jail terms of up to eight years and one month on charges of terrorism and supporting U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara blames for organising the coup attempt.

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