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The Court of Appeals quashed the 21-year prison sentence of journalist Kılıç, former chief editor of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper. Journalist Kutal from the same daily was sentenced to 10 months in jail. DİHA reporter Çetin is facing up to 5 years behind bars.

The Court of Appeals quashed the verdict for Kurdish singer Tunç's acquittal of charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization". Tunç was initially tried for referring to the death of 17 MKP members in the course of a military operation in 2004 during a performance.