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Turkish court says jailed journalists had rights violated Turkey journalists freed from prison after court ruling
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Two journalists charged with revealing state secrets had their rights violated, a Turkish court has ruled. Two Turkish journalists charged with revealing state secrets have been freed from prison.
Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, from the newspaper Cumhuriyet, were detained in November over a report alleging that the Turkish government tried to ship arms to Islamists in Syria.Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, from the newspaper Cumhuriyet, were detained in November over a report alleging that the Turkish government tried to ship arms to Islamists in Syria.
But Turkey's constitutional court has challenged the charges, saying they violated freedom of the press.But Turkey's constitutional court has challenged the charges, saying they violated freedom of the press.
The ruling could pave the way for their release after three months in jail. They were released early on Friday after three months in jail.
Mr Dundar, the paper's editor-in-chief, and Mr Gul, its Ankara bureau chief, have already spent 92 days in jail and had been due to go on trial on 25 March. Large crowds chanting support met them outside prison on their release.
The court, which convened to discuss the journalists' individual petitions, ruled that their "rights to personal liberty and security had been violated". Mr Dundar, the paper's editor-in-chief, and Mr Gul, its Ankara bureau chief, spent 92 days in prison and had been due to go on trial on 25 March.
"This is a trial of press freedom," Mr Dundar said. "We got out but more than 30 colleagues are still in prison. I hope that this ruling will pave way for their freedom as well."
Pointing to the prison, he said he would continue to fight for press freedom "until this concentration camp that you see behind me becomes a museum".
Turkish reporters defiant over espionage claim
The court, which convened to discuss the journalists' individual petitions, ruled on Thursday that their "rights to personal liberty and security had been violated".
"Their freedom of expression and freedom of press" was also violated, the court said in a statement."Their freedom of expression and freedom of press" was also violated, the court said in a statement.
The decision was overwhelmingly approved with 12 votes for and three against, Turkish media reports said.The decision was overwhelmingly approved with 12 votes for and three against, Turkish media reports said.
Turkish reporters defiant over espionage claim
The case has now been sent back to the lower criminal court, which should approve the top court's decision and allow the release of the journalists possibly within hours, the private NTV television station reported.
Reports said their lawyers had already filed the petition for the pair's release at the Istanbul court, which ordered their arrest.
The report that landed the two journalists in jail claimed to show proof that a consignment of weapons seized at the border in January 2014 was bound for Syria.The report that landed the two journalists in jail claimed to show proof that a consignment of weapons seized at the border in January 2014 was bound for Syria.
Since then, they have both been held in the Silivri jail on the outskirts of Istanbul. They were formally charged with obtaining and revealing state secrets "for espionage purposes" and seeking to "violently" overthrow the Turkish government as well as aiding an "armed terrorist organisation".
They have been formally charged with obtaining and revealing state secrets "for espionage purposes" and seeking to "violently" overthrow the Turkish government as well as aiding an "armed terrorist organisation". They were held in the Silivri jail on the outskirts of Istanbul.
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