Four Turkish journalists detained on charges of links to an underground anti-government network were released on Monday afternoon, Today’s Zaman reported.
Nedim Sener and Ahmet Sik are among the four journalists jailed pending trial in the so-called Odatv case. 13 suspects are facing charges of involvement in the media wing of Ergenekon, a shadowy network believed to have plotted to topple the government, in the ongoing Odatv news portal case.
Sener and Sik were arrested in March and held in a top-security prison outside Istanbul since then. Their arrest has raised concerns over media freedoms in Turkey. The United States, the European Union and rights groups have criticized prosecution of journalists which they say taints Turkey’s image as a role model for democracy in the Middle East.
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