Turkey puts 44 journalists on trial for terrorism and backing pro-Kurd group
Recep Tayyip Erdogan government blamed for press repression linked to KCK 'terror' trials of writers, lawyers and politicians
Constanze Letsch, in Istanbul
guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 September 2012 16.04 BST
The first hearing of Turkey's biggest trial against members of the press has started, involving 44 journalists. Thirty-six of those have been in pre-trial detention since December, facing terrorism charges and accused of backing the illegal pan-Kurdish umbrella group, the KCK.
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