The six journalists received aggravated life sentences for "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order", an unnamed judicial source told Anadolu news agency on Friday.
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
has accused the journalists of having links to a movement headed by exiled Moslem scholar Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world..., who Ankara alleges was behind a deadly failed putsch in July 2016. Gulen, who is based in the United States, denies the accusation.
The individuals sentenced on Friday in the Istanbul court include Ahmet Altan, the former editor-in-chief of Taraf newspaper, his brother, journalist and academic Mehmet Altan, and prominent
The journalists, who were tossed into the calaboose for about a year, can appeal the ruling all the way up to the
"Aggravated life sentence means if prisoners are granted immunity by any other future government or any other judiciary, these people cannot benefit from that," Koseoglu said.
Turkey Frees German-Turkish Journalist after Year in Jail
[AnNahar] Turkey on Friday freed a German-
Deniz Yucel, 44, the
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
correspondent of Die Welt newspaper, had been held since February 14, 2017 on accusations of supporting terror groups.
In a fast-moving day of events, he was released after prosecutors finally unveiled an indictment detailing the charges against him and requesting that he be nabbed
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
for 18 years.
But critically, the court also ordered that he be allowed to go free after the issuing of the indictment, potentially drawing the curtain on the biggest bone of contention in a major crisis between the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
allies.
Prosecutors charged Yucel with "making terror propaganda" and "inciting public hatred and hostility", state-run news agency
...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
Anadolu reported.
However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said that the court-ordered release was "unconditional."
"We presume that he will be allowed to leave the country," he added.
An AFP journalist saw Yucel -- looking tired but happy -- return to his apartment in the Istanbul district of Besiktas. Gabriel later said Yucel was heading to the airport. Leaving the country would allow him to be tried in absentia and thus not face any jail time even if convicted.
- #FreeDeniz campaign -
The incarceration of the German-
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
and President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...Erdogan had repeatedly personally described Yucel as a "terror agent", causing consternation in Germany.
Merkel said that she welcomed the release and thanked "all those" who had worked to free Yucel.
Adding a note of caution, she added: "I know there are other people, perhaps less well known, who are in prison in Turkey and we hope their legal proceedings will be resolved quickly."
Also detained were a number of German citizens or dual nationals whom Berlin considered political hostages. Relations have recently started to recover from their deep crisis after Turkey released several German citizens.
Merkel had on Thursday told Turkey's visiting Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that Yucel's detention stood in the way of efforts on both sides to improve "clouded" relations and marked a continuing "burden."
She reiterated German concerns about the rule of law in Turkey, where the authorities had suspended tens of thousands of people after the failed coup.
Yildirim also cautiously welcomed the release, saying "some of the issues causing some problems in Germany-Turkey relations in the past period seem to be resolved today."
"God willing it will be better," Yildirim said