An assassination attempt was made on a Turkish journalist accused of disclosing state secrets on the day of the verdict
In Istanbul, a court sentenced Kan Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, to five years and ten months in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets. Erdem Gul, head of the newspaper's bureau in Ankara, has been sentenced to five years in prison. On the day of the verdict, Dundar was assassinated near the courthouse. An unknown person shouting "Traitor!" shot several times at the journalist, reports AFP. As a result, no one was hurt.