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    Turkey Cumhuriyet trial: 13 newspaper staff convicted over coup

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    A Turkish court has sentenced 13 journalists to prison on terrorism charges, in a case that has sparked global outrage over press freedom.

    The journalists were employees of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, which had taken a strong line against the Turkish government.

    Three of the journalists on trial were acquitted. Those convicted remain free while an appeal is pending.

    They were arrested during a crackdown after a failed coup in July 2016.

    Turkish authorities have accused Cumhuriyet's staff of supporting groups it has labelled terror organisations, including the Kurdistan Workers' Party (), ultra-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, and the cleric Fetullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses of masterminding the failed coup.

    Mr Gulen is living in self-imposed exile in the US, where authorities have refused to extradite him to .

    More than 50,000 people were arrested and 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs in the aftermath of the attempted coup, including journalists, police, personnel, teachers and public servants.

    Image caption Turkey's prosecution of journalists has caused international outrage …

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