Istanbul (CNN)Two prominent Turkish journalists have been arrested on charges of espionage and aiding an armed terrorist organization, according to a news report. Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, and Erdem Gul, the newspaper's Ankara bureau chief, were arrested Thursday night after three hours of questioning at an Istanbul court, according to Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu Agency. The two journalists have been charged with obtaining and revealing confidential state security information for political or military espionage, and with willfully aiding an armed terrorist organization, the news agency reported. A Turkish government official, reached by CNN for...
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