Daily Trust - Turkish Journalist bags 27 years jail term in absentia
However, he was acquitted of the allegations of disclosing secret information. The court also sentenced him to an additional 8 years and 9 months for supporting an armed terrorist organization, without being a member. The former editor-in-chief of Turkish newspaper, Cumhuriyet fled to Germany in 2016 and was tried in absentia. “We knew that this would not be a fair trial,’’ Dundar’s lawyer Abbas Yalcin told dpa by phone. He described the verdict as politically motivated, citing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent remarks targeting Dundar. Yalcin also said the defense will appeal...
Source: dailytrust.com