36 others charged for comments about economy on social media Charges relate to August 2018 news story amid lira meltdown A Turkish court accepted an indictment from a prosecutor requesting a jail term of between two and five years for two Bloomberg
50 people, including journalists, economists, artists, charged with “violating Capital Market Law” – punishable by up to 5 years in jail -for reports and social media posts on currency crisis of last summer. Court case brought after complaint from BDDK, Turkey’s banking watchdog. https://t.co/0dsD1ZW12G
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Turkey charges 38 people, including Bloomberg reporters, over lira crisis | Ahval
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