Friday, February 21, 2014

Twitter detainees in Gezi protests asked 3 years jail term, PM Erdoğan sole victim of trial - LOCAL

Twitter detainees in Gezi protests asked 3 years jail term, PM Erdoğan sole victim of trial

İZMİR – Doğan News Agency

Prosecutors have demanded up to three years in prison for 29 people detained during the Gezi protests in İzmir, on charges of inciting riots via Twitter. The indictment, filed on Feb. 20, identified Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the sole victim in the case.

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