Prominent Turkish journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul of the Cumhuriyet daily have been charged with espionage.
Source: BBC
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If found guilty, Dundar, the paper's editor-in-chief, and Gul its Ankara bureau chief, could face life in prison.
They reported that "trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT were used to carry weapons to Islamist opposition groups in Syria," said the British broadcaster, adding that "video footage published alongside their report purported to show Turkish police officers intercepting the trucks and discovering crates containing weapons and ammunition."
The government said that "the intelligence trucks were carrying aid to the Turkmen minority in Syria."
BBC reported that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally filed a lawsuit against the newspaper, and said in May: "This paper has engaged in acts of espionage. Whoever wrote this story will pay a heavy price for this."
"They ask us why we published that story. The history of journalism is full of such examples as Watergate or Wikileaks that show states would like to keep some facts secret. But it's for common good to bring them to light," Dundar has been quoted as saying.
BBC noted that the charges have been "heavily criticized by press freedom groups," and that Turkey ranks 149th among the 180 countries in RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2015.
"BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise."
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
Yes, fortunately, there are groups like the Reporters without borders who publish the World Press freedom index ([link]/), and Erdogan's Turkey is deep red and very low on the list, #149 is not much better than #152 where you can find Putin's Russia. Here, not so many journalists are in prison, but instead they get simply eliminated by killers payed by ... (you can only guess whom, never was confirmed)
P.S: Serbia is in the middle, #67, which is even better than Italy on #73, but far away from, for example, Slovakia on #14.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 17:24)
They reported that "trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT were used to carry weapons to Islamist opposition groups in Syria,"
It just confirms what Putin said after the coward downing of the Russian plane.That is the Islamo-fascist government of mullah Erdogan was behind ISIL all along.
BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise.
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
It's not surprising that Turkey is one of the country with most journalists imprisoned with fabricated accusations or nonsense like these ones.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 14:25)
It's not surprising that Turkey is one of the country with most journalists imprisoned with fabricated accusations or nonsense like these ones.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 14:25)
They reported that "trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT were used to carry weapons to Islamist opposition groups in Syria,"
It just confirms what Putin said after the coward downing of the Russian plane.That is the Islamo-fascist government of mullah Erdogan was behind ISIL all along.
BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise.
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
"BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise."
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
Yes, fortunately, there are groups like the Reporters without borders who publish the World Press freedom index ([link]/), and Erdogan's Turkey is deep red and very low on the list, #149 is not much better than #152 where you can find Putin's Russia. Here, not so many journalists are in prison, but instead they get simply eliminated by killers payed by ... (you can only guess whom, never was confirmed)
P.S: Serbia is in the middle, #67, which is even better than Italy on #73, but far away from, for example, Slovakia on #14.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 17:24)
"BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise."
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
Yes, fortunately, there are groups like the Reporters without borders who publish the World Press freedom index ([link]/), and Erdogan's Turkey is deep red and very low on the list, #149 is not much better than #152 where you can find Putin's Russia. Here, not so many journalists are in prison, but instead they get simply eliminated by killers payed by ... (you can only guess whom, never was confirmed)
P.S: Serbia is in the middle, #67, which is even better than Italy on #73, but far away from, for example, Slovakia on #14.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 17:24)
They reported that "trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT were used to carry weapons to Islamist opposition groups in Syria,"
It just confirms what Putin said after the coward downing of the Russian plane.That is the Islamo-fascist government of mullah Erdogan was behind ISIL all along.
BTW There are 103 Turkish Journalists but there hasn't been a word of complain from the "Western Democrats".Surprise-Surprise.
(Leonidas, 27 November 2015 16:08)
It's not surprising that Turkey is one of the country with most journalists imprisoned with fabricated accusations or nonsense like these ones.
(Comm. Parrisson, 27 November 2015 14:25)