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07-30-2017, 03:56 AM
ISTANBUL: Seven staff from the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet walked free on Saturday after nine months in jail, expressing hope that four colleagues still behind bars would be released soon.
An Istanbul court had on Friday ordered that the seven be released under judicial control, meaning they remain charged and will have to report to the authorities.
The staff from the newspaper, one of the few voices in the media in Turkey to oppose Erdogan, had been on trial for aiding terror groups, in accusations de**unced as absurd by supporters.
But the trial, which started earlier this week, is a test for press freedom under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the most prominent journalists from the newspaper remain in jail.
The seven freed, including respected cartoonist Musa Kart, left Silviri jail on the outskirts of Istanbul to cheers and embraces from supporters in the early hours of Saturday.
"We were taken away from the people we love, our relatives, our work," said Kart after his release.
But he added: "Believe me, during this period in jail we have felt ** hatred, ** rancour, we could **t live with such thoughts."
The others released include books supplement editor Turhan Gunay as well as the paper’s legal executives. They had been held for 271 days.
The four remaining in custody are the commentator Kadri Gursel, investigative journalist Ahmet Sik, the paper’s editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu and chief executive Akin Atalay. —AFP
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An Istanbul court had on Friday ordered that the seven be released under judicial control, meaning they remain charged and will have to report to the authorities.
The staff from the newspaper, one of the few voices in the media in Turkey to oppose Erdogan, had been on trial for aiding terror groups, in accusations de**unced as absurd by supporters.
But the trial, which started earlier this week, is a test for press freedom under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the most prominent journalists from the newspaper remain in jail.
The seven freed, including respected cartoonist Musa Kart, left Silviri jail on the outskirts of Istanbul to cheers and embraces from supporters in the early hours of Saturday.
"We were taken away from the people we love, our relatives, our work," said Kart after his release.
But he added: "Believe me, during this period in jail we have felt ** hatred, ** rancour, we could **t live with such thoughts."
The others released include books supplement editor Turhan Gunay as well as the paper’s legal executives. They had been held for 271 days.
The four remaining in custody are the commentator Kadri Gursel, investigative journalist Ahmet Sik, the paper’s editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu and chief executive Akin Atalay. —AFP
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