土耳其記者被控間諜罪面臨終身監禁大綱

The trial of two Turkish journalists has resumed, with the two defendants facing charges of espionage and aiding a terrorist organization for their reporting that alleged the government was smuggling arms to Syria.

The closed-door trial involves Cumhuriyet newspaper editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul. They could get sentences of life imprisonment if found guilty.

Their case, which has generated international interest as a test of press freedom, went to trial last Friday, but was adjourned until this week after opposition lawyers and politicians ignored the judge’s ruling to close the courtroom to the public.

Protesters have gathered at the courthouse in Istanbul calling, "Free press, free society."

The men are accused of publishing images that date back to January 2014 of Syria-bound trucks, which the newspaper said proved Turkey was smuggling arms into that country.土耳其法院對兩名記者的審理繼續進行。兩名被告因在報道中稱土耳其政府向敘利亞偷運武器而被指控犯有間諜罪和協助恐怖主義組織罪。

法庭對《共和報》總編詹·丁達爾和駐安卡拉記者站主管埃德姆·居爾進行閉門審理。如果罪名成立，兩人將面臨終身監禁。

他們的案件被視爲一場對新聞自由的考驗，引起了國際關注。案件於上週五進行審理，但是由於反對起訴兩名記者的律師和政界人士無視法官閉門審理案件的裁決所以被迫休庭。法院休庭到這個星期。

抗議者聚集在伊斯坦布爾的法院高喊“新聞自由，社會自由”的口號。

兩人被控刊登了2014年一月開往敘利亞的卡車的圖片，《共和報》報道稱，這些圖片證明土耳其當時在向敘利亞偷運武器。