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Nov. 21, 2017:\u00a0 An Istanbul court sentenced the online editor of Turkey\u2019s secular leftist Cumhuriyet daily to three years and one month in prison on Tuesday over a tweet shared in May, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oguz Guven was charged with carrying out propaganda for a terrorist organisation and publishing statements by terrorist groups, according to Anadolu.<\/p>\n

Mr. Guven plans to appeal the sentence, said Sezgin Tanrikulu, an opposition lawmaker and lawyer from the People\u2019s Republican Party (CHP), who has closely followed the case.<\/p>\n

Mr. Guven spent one month in jail after an Istanbul court ordered his arrest following a tweet that referred to a public prosecutor, who was killed in a car accident.<\/p>\n

The contents of the tweet, which read \u201cProsecutor mowed down by a truck\u201d in Turkish, were deemed offensive by the authorities and thought to hamper efforts to fight terrorism.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cumhuriyet said the tweet was deleted in less than a minute. Mr. Guven was released in June, pending trial.<\/p>\n

The court on Tuesday also charged Mr. Guven for aiding Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Turkish Islamist cleric, blamed for last year\u2019s coup attempt.<\/p>\n

The Turkish government designates Gulen\u2019s movement a terrorist organisation. Gulen denies all charges.<\/p>\n

A total of 17 Cumhuriyet journalists and staff are separately on trial on terrorism-related charges, including former Editor-In-Chief, Can Dundar, who has been living in exile in Germany since 2016.<\/p>\n

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Four key defendants remain behind bars, including the daily\u2019s editor-in-chief and chief executive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Turkey has been under a state of emergency since a failed coup attempt in July last year.<\/p>\n

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