Turkish journalist, opposition politician sentenced over reporting on AKP-linked construction probe
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced journalist Cihat Polat and opposition politician Mehmet Nazım Gençtürk over their investigation into unlicensed construction on property owned...
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