Traitors or heroes

- Under heavy international criticism begins today in Istanbul finally the trial of the Turkish journalist Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, respectively, editor and chief of Ankara's main secular opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet.

Both journalists are among others accused of treason and will almost certainly hear lifelong requirements, to the delight of Erdogan. Which, however, will find a range of Western leaders faced as US Vice President Joe Biden. Who visited in January, yet the son and wife of Can Dündar and named the journalist as a hero.