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Turkish journalists jailed for five years

Türkiye Materials 7 May 2016 05:37 (UTC +04:00)
Two Turkish journalists were sentenced to at least five years in jail for revealing state secrets on Friday
Turkish journalists jailed for five years

Two Turkish journalists were sentenced to at least five years in jail for revealing state secrets on Friday, just hours after a gunman tried to shoot one of them outside the courthouse in Istanbul, Anadolu agency reported.

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, who was unscathed in the shooting, was given five years and 10 months. Erdem Gul, the newspaper's Ankara bureau chief, was sentenced to five years.

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