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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts) Fri May 6, 2016, 10:49 AM May 2016

Asssailant attempts to shoot Turkish journalist Dundar outside court - witness

Source: Reuters

An assailant attempted to shoot Turkish journalist Can Dundar outside a courthouse in Istanbul on Friday, a Reuters witness said, just before the court was due to announce the verdict in Dundar's trial on accusations of revealing state secrets.

The assailant fired at least three shots in rapid succession, the Reuters witness said. Dundar was unharmed but another reporter covering his trial appeared to have been injured, the witness said.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-turkey-media-shooting-idUKKCN0XX1HV

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Eugene

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1. Turkish journalist Can Dündar escapes attempted shooting outside court

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Fri May 6, 2016, 12:51 PM

May 2016

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Turkish journalist Can Dündar escapes attempted shooting outside court

At least three shots fired outside court in Istanbul, where verdict
was due in trial of Dündar, who is accused of revealing state secrets

Constanze Letsch in Istanbul and agencies
Friday 6 May 2016 16.48 BST

A gunman has attempted to shoot prominent Turkish journalist Can Dündar outside a courthouse in Istanbul just before the verdict in his trial on charges of revealing state secrets was due to be announced.

The attacker shouted “traitor” before firing at least three shots in quick succession at Dündar, who was unharmed.

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Dündar, the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Erdem Gül, its Ankara bureau chief, could face life in jail on espionage charges and attempting to topple the government for publishing footage that purported to show Turkey’s state intelligence agency ferrying weapons into Syria in 2014.

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Eugene

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2. Turkey jails Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul

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Fri May 6, 2016, 01:53 PM

May 2016

Source: BBC

Turkey jails Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul

6 May 2016 Europe

A Turkish court has sentenced two journalists to five years in prison on charges of revealing state secrets.

Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, the former editor and Ankara bureau chief of leading opposition daily Cumhuriyet, were prosecuted over a report alleging the Turkish government had tried to ship arms to Islamists in Syria.

The prosecution has been widely criticised by international observers.

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