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5 opposition newspaper staff released from Turkish prison

panorama.am09/13th/2019, 11:24

5 opposition newspaper staff released from Turkish prison

Turkey’s state-run news agency says five jailed journalists and staff members of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper have been freed on the orders of an appeals court.

Anadolu Agency said cartoonist Musa Kart and four other Cumhuriyet employees were released from their prison in northwest Turkey late on Thursday, according to AP.

The journalists were convicted on terror-related charges, accused of supporting terror groups, including the Kurdistan Workers Party, the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Par...

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