The paper's report criticised the State Council and its land-mark decision blocking the appointment of a teacher wearing a headscarf to head a nursery school. Islamic circles claimed the decision interfered also in the teacher's private life.
Bagcilar Republic prosecutor Ercan Cengiz said they had sent all relevant documents, newspapers and investigation results to the Ankara Republic Prosecutor's office to pursue the investigation.
According to the Anatolian Agency, Cengiz has asked for it to be determined whether the newspaper was involved in soliciting the armed attack during which one judge was killed and four others were wounded.
Vakit newspaper owner Nuri Aykon and Editor-in-Chief Harun Aksoy face up to 34.5 years in prison if found guilty on charges of "showing members of the judiciary as targets for terror organisations", "insulting judges and prosecutors" and "showing contempt of and ridiculing the moral structure of justice".
The journalists are scheduled to appear for their first hearing at the Bagcilar 2nd Court of First Instance on June 13. (EO/II/YE)
