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Turkish court convicts 15 journalists on terror charges

In this file photo taken on January 14, 2015 an armed police officer walks past the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper building Istanbul. (Photo by AFP)

Rahshan Saglam 
Press TV, Istanbul

A Turkish court has convicted 15 employees from the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on terrorism charges. Rights activists and the opposition have criticized the ruling, calling it an attack on freedom of the press in Turkey. Rahshan Saglam reports.

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