Turkish journalists face terrorism trial

A Turkish opposition newspaper itself is the story as 17 of its employees are about to go on trial on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.

If found guilty, their sentence could be up to 43 years in jail.

A dozen of Cumhuriyet’s journalists and managers are behind bars in pre-trial detention. Ten of them have been imprisoned for almost nine months.

Mr Gunay is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper’s book supplement. Ms Gunay says she still struggles to understand why he has been jailed.

“All I can say is that this is a political case. They are held for being journalists, for doing their jobs,” she argues.

Source: BBC