Turkey - Long jail terms for at least 12 journalists in Ergenekon trial

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At least 12 journalists accused of colluding with the so-called Ergenekon ultra-nationalist conspiracy were among those who received long jail terms today from the Istanbul court hearing the case, which took five years to prepare and try. The court has not yet published its detailed grounds for the verdicts reached with each of the 275 defendants. Those details will be released in the coming weeks. Restricted access to courtroom, journalists' homes searched The verdicts and sentences were (...)

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