Two editors from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper face lengthy jail sentences for alleging that Ankara’s intelligence agency was supplying weaponsA court in Istanbul has charged two journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper with spying after they alleged Turkey’s secret services had sent arms to Islamist rebels in Syria.
Can Dundar,the editor-in-chief, and Erdem Gul, and the paper’s Ankara bureau chief,are accused of spying and “divulging state secrets”, Turkish media reported. Both men were placed in pre-trial detention.
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Source: theguardian.com