Turkey arrests 17 journalists on ‘terror’ charges
‘A court in Turkey has put 17 journalists under arrest over links to US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for the July 15 failed coup attempt.
A court in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, on Saturday remanded in custody the journalists on charges of being members of a “terror group.”
On Friday, 21 detained journalists appeared before a judge in hearings which lasted until midnight. Four were then freed but 17 were placed under pre-trial arrest.’
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