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July 25, 2017

Trial under way for 17 journalists at Turkish opposition as country’s press freedom crackdown continues

By Rose James

Seventeen journalists from prominent Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet are on trial charged with aiding a terrorist organisation.

The journalists, among some 150 believed to be currently imprisoned in the country, were detained for nine months ahead of the trial, which began yesterday – also Turkish press freedom day.

They are accused of supporting Fethullah Gulen, a political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now in exile in the US, who is blamed for last year’s failed coup attempt against the government.

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