Metin Topuz was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison on charges of helping the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO), the group behind a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.
Taner Kilic had been jailed for a year on charges of supporting the US-based cleric whom Ankara blames for a July 2016 failed coup.
The 14 journalists and other senior staff members from the "Cumhuriyet" newspaper were convicted for "sponsoring terror organisations," including the network of US-based cleric Fetullah Gulen.
Police raids target financial structure of FETO terrorist group, as Turkish court sentences six journalists to life imprisonment over failed coup in 2016, in Turkey. Columnists were convicted for attempting to overthrow the constitutional order.
Selahattin Demirtas is being charged with "establishing an organisation with the goal of committing a crime" in relation to a speech he gave in 2013.
Ozgur Gundem writer was jailed in August when a court ordered her arrest on preliminary charges of "membership of terrorist organisation" and "undermining national unity."
Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world.
Copyright © 2023 TRT World.
Like
Follow