Long jail threat for Turkish journalists

ankara/istanbul - Turkish prosecution would require prison terms up to 43 years against journalists suspected of supporting a terrorist organization and of 'asymmetric warfare' against Erdogan. In the indictment which Reuters Wednesday realized, is that the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet was actually 'captured' by the network of Fethullah Gülen.

This spiritual residing in the US would be the evil genius behind the failed coup last year. In response, the Erdogan government conducted a large-scale purification by the police, army, judiciary, education and media. Cumhuriyet, the traditional mouthpiece of the secular establishment, is accused of 'separatist manipulation' in his articles.