17 January 2015

Turkish anchorwoman faces 5 years in jail for tweet

Prosecutors seek up to five years of imprisonment for Turkish journalist and anchorwoman Sedef Kabas for her tweet in which she called on citizens not to forget the name of the judge who dropped the Dec. 17, 2013 corruption probe that involved high-profile names and former Cabinet members.

An indictment has been prepared by the prosecutors on charges of “targeting people involved in the fight against terrorism and making threats,” which is punishable with jail time from one-and-a-half years to five years. [Hürriyet Daily News] Read more