Turkish MP gets 25 years in jail for exposing MIT arms aid to Syria militants

‘A Turkish court has sentenced a prominent lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to 25 years in jail for his role in leaking secret documents to a newspaper showing the country’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) shipped weapons to foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists in Syria.
On Wednesday, Istanbul’s 14th Heavy Penal Court handed down the sentence to CHP Deputy Chairman Enis Berberoglu for releasing secret documents with the purpose of political or military espionage.
Berberoglu was arrested in the courthouse after the hearing. He will remain under arrest while waiting for the appeal process to conclude.
CHP spokesman Engin Altay sharply condemned the decision, saying he saw the verdict as an attempt by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government to intimidate the opposition.
“This decision is intimidation to the opposition. This decision is intimidation to all who are displeased with the Justice and Development Party (AKP),” Altay told reporters outside the Caglayan Justice Palace in Istanbul.’
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