Ankara government tries to suppress media coverage of arms scandal
Ankara government has hushed press coverage of its alleged supply of armaments to Syria by sentencing a Turkish journalist who leaked state secrets to 20 months in jail and stripping her of parental rights.
Yildiz was found guilty of breaching the confidentiality of a court case by publishing footage in May 2015 from a court hearing at which four prosecutors were on trial for ordering a search of trucks belonging to Turkey’s top spy agency as they travelled to Syria in 2014.
The prosecutors issued search warrants for specific trucks travelling into Syria to inspect them for armaments. President Erdogan has since Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
