Published August 07, 2015
Turkish prosecutors are seeking sentences of up to seven and a half years in prison for 18 journalists they accuse of engaging in terror propaganda for publishing photos showing a militant pointing a gun at a prosecutor who was killed in a failed hostage rescue operation in March.
The state-run Anadolu Agency reported late Tuesday that an indictment prepared by the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office is demanding prison terms for editors of nine newspapers, including Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper. The indictment has yet to be approved by a court.
The photos showed militants of an outlawed leftist group pointing a gun at the prosecutor.
At the time, Turkey blocked access to social networking sites Twitter and YouTube for several hours over the photos.
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