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Turkish journalist sentenced to prison over report on Turkey sending weapons to Syria

Can Dundar was tried in absentia. The now Germany-based journalist reported on Turkish support for Syrian rebel groups in 2015, which angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Can Dundar, Turkish journalist and former chief editor of the Turkish daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, addresses a press conference with German and Turkish intellectuals to comment on peace in the Mediterranean region and solidarity with democrats in Turkey, on Oct. 6, 2020, in Berlin. — ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images

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