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             Turkish Journalists on Trial for Arms-Smuggling Story

   by VOA News

   Two journalists are on trial in Turkey Friday on allegations they
   revealed state secrets and aided a terrorist organization with their
   report on alleged arms smuggling to Syria.

   Can Dundar and Erdem Gul of Cumhuriyet newspaper could get sentences of
   life imprisonment if they are found guilty of the charges.

   They are accused of publishing images that date back to January 2014 of
   trucks bound for Syria the newspaper said proved Turkey was smuggling
   arms into Syria.

   Turkey says the reporters aided an Islamic movement headed by
   U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

   Turkey has a poor human rights record and a history of pressing charges
   linked to the content of journalists' reports. Media freedom
   organizations have been pressing Ankara to drop the charges against
   Dundar and Gul.

   Dundar is editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet and Gul is head of the Ankara
   bureau.
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