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Turkey: 9 opposition newspaper staff formally arrested

ISTANBUL -- Opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper says a court has ordered that its chief editor and eight senior staff be jailed pending trial.

 

Editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, cartoonist Musa Kart and other staff were detained for questioning earlier this week -- some following raids at their homes -- for allegedly supporting Kurdish militants as well as a movement led by Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the failed coup in July.

 

The court ruled for their formal arrests on Saturday.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.05.16, 09:55