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Journalists and reporters under attack in Turkey (Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief) by the Erdogan’s regime…
… and by its mercenary-terrorists on Syrian border (RT and TASS reporters)…
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Turkish newspaper editor in court for ‘espionage’ after revealing weapon convoy to Syrian militants
A Turkish prosecutor asked a court to imprison the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper pending trial for espionage and treason. In May, the outlet published photos of weapons it said were then transferred to Syria by Turkey’s intelligence agency.
Besides the editor, Can Dündar, the prosecution said it is seeking the same pre-trial restrictions for Cumhuriyet’s representative in Ankara, Erdem Gül.
Dündar arrived at an Istanbul court on Thursday, saying that he and his colleague “came here to defend journalism.”
“We came here to defend the right of the public to obtain the news and their right to know if their government is feeding them lies. We came here to show and to prove that governments cannot engage in illegal activity and defend this,” Dündar was cited by Today’s Zaman.
The articles, published on Cumhuriyet’s front page in May, claimed that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is smuggling weapons in trucks into Syria and was caught doing so twice in 2014.
The trucks were allegedly stopped and searched by police, with photos and videos of their contents obtained by Cumhuriyet.
According to the paper, the trucks were carrying six steel containers, with 1,000 artillery shells, 50,000 machine gun rounds, 30,000 heavy machine gun rounds and 1,000 mortar shells. The arms were reportedly delivered to extremist groups fighting against the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad, whom Ankara wants ousted from power.
The Turkish authorities denied the allegations, saying that the trucks were carrying aid to Syrian ethnic Turkmen tribespeople and labeled their interception an act of “treason” and “espionage”.
RT and TASS journalists injured in shelling on Syria-Turkey border: REPORTS
Two RT crew members and a TASS journalist, who were injured when an anti-tank shell hit their press convoy near the Turkish-Syrian border, have arrived in Moscow from the Russian airbase in Latakia.
The trio of Russian journalists sustained injuries when an anti-tank missile exploded near their vehicle earlier this week. After receiving first aid in Latakia, the journalists boarded a flight that arrived in Moscow on Thursday morning.
“I still have ringing in my ear. I can’t hear with my left ear very well but it’s getting better,” Roman Kosarev said, adding that he is very happy to be home and to see his family.
RT Arabic’s Sargon Hadaya thanked the Syrian Army for “saving our lives.” The journalists said that they were attacked near the town of Sama, under the control of Al-Nusra front and other terrorist groups.
“The explosion was quite loud and we suffered concussion,” said Kosarev, “We were clearly marked as journalists. We were wearing blue helmets, blue jackets …and were clearly visible from the opposite side when they were shooting at us.”
The journalists added that they were threatened by local terrorist groups, who posted their photos online, promising to kill the reporters.
The RT team consisting of correspondents Roman Kosarev and RT Arabic’s Sargon Hadaya took an almost direct hit from an anti-tank missile on Tuesday near the village of Al-Dagmashliya in the province of Latakia.
The car transporting the journalists through the government-controlled territory was hit by a missile apparently coming from the Al Nusra-controlled town of Salma some 2.5 km away.
Kosarev suffered a concussion while his colleague from the Arabic had pieces of shrapnel lodge in his back and leg. TASS reporter Alexander Yelistratov also traveling in the car was injured by shrapnel in his hand. They were treated by Russian medics at the military base.
The crew, Kosarev says, survived only thanks to the body armor that they were wearing – and the Syrian army who promptly escorted them back to the base.
Syria condemned the attack as a “new crime committed by terror groups and the states which are sponsoring and equipping militants” in a “desperate attempt to keep the truth from the world.”
The UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq has also somewhat criticized the incident, saying that the United Nations remains “concerned” about the attacks on journalists in Syria.
“We want them to stop, as well as attacks on civilians as a whole,” Haq told TASS.
SOURCES: RT 1 - Cumhuriyet RT 2 - RT & TASS journalists shelling Submitted by SyrianPatriots War Press Info Network at: https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/turkey-attack-reporters/ ~ Re-publications are welcome, but we kindly ask you, to facilitate the correct information's diffusion, to cite all these original sources.
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