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At the first hearing of the eight soldiers taken hostage and then released by the PKK, the court decided to release them all pending trial. After more than two months, the soldiers are reunited with their families.

The Sisli prosecution in İstanbul has fined six major Turkish newspapers for violating the publishing ban on the soldiers taken hostage by the PKK in October 2007.

New documents show that serious errors were made in the battle in Daglica, where 12 soldiers died and eight soldiers were kidnapped.

Taken hostage on 21 October 2007 by the PKK, released on 4 November and then arrested on their return to Turkey, the eight soldiers are facing heavy sentences.

After being released by the PKK, the eight soldier hostages have been arrested for "not fulfilling their duty, disobedience and desertion abroad".