Turkish journalist sentenced to prison over report on Turkey sending weapons to Syria

Can Dundar was tried in absentia. The now Germany-based journalist reported on Turkish support for Syrian rebel groups in 2015, which angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Can Dundar, Turkish journalist and former chief editor of the Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, addresses a press conference with German and Turkish intellectuals to comment on peace in the Mediterranean region and solidarity with democrats in Turkey, on Oct. 6, 2020, in Berlin. - ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images
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A Turkish journalist who wrote about Turkey sending weapons to Syria was sentenced in absentia to 27½ years in prison on Wednesday.

An Istanbul court found Can Dundar guilty of “obtaining secret documents for espionage” and “aiding a terrorist organization,” The Associated Press reported.

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