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Monday, November 04, 2019

Court releases journalists convicted in failed Turkish coup

Court releases journalists convicted in failed Turkish coup
Associated Press•November 4, 2019
ISTANBUL (AP) — A court has ordered the release of two prominent journalists convicted in connection with a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

The official Anadolu news agency reports the court in Istanbul on Monday ordered Ahmet Altan and Nazli Ilicak released from prison on the condition that they check in regularly with police. The country's Supreme Court of Appeals in July overturned the pair's life sentences.

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