Post-coup Turkey tries its best known journalists

‘As many as 17 directors and journalists from one of Turkey’s most respected newspapers are being tried on Monday after spending over eight months behind bars as the government’s post-coup crackdown shows no sign of slowing.
The suspects including writers, cartoonists and executives from opposition mouthpiece Cumhuriyet will go on trial from 0600 GMT at the imposing palace of justice in Istanbul.
Those appearing in court include some of the best known names in Turkish journalism including the columnist Kadri Gursel, the paper’s editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, the respected cartoonist Musa Kart and the investigative journalist Ahmet Sik.’
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