...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two other campaigners on charges of making "terror propaganda" for Kurdish murderous Moslems, an AFP correspondent said.
Spectators in the courtroom erupted into applause after the acquittals of RSF representative Erol Onderoglu, rights activist Sebnem Korur Fincanci and journalist Ahmet Nesin.
Only Fincanci attended the hearing while Onderoglu and Nesin were abroad.
They were accused of making "terror propaganda" on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after guest-editing pro-Kurdish
The three risked 14 years in jail.
The newspaper was raided and permanently shut down in August 2016, accused of links with the PKK which has waged an insurgency against the
The three campaigners were detained for a short period in 2016, and can now apply for financial compensation for time spent in jail.
The case triggered international alarm over press freedom in Turkey with activists claiming the climate for media had deteriorated under President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
RSF said on Twitter it was "deeply relieved" by the acquittals but called for another trial due to begin against Onderoglu later this year to be scrapped.