Journalists face trial on espionage charges

Two Turkish journalists are standing trial on allegations that they revealed state secrets and helped a terror organisation with their reports on alleged government arms smuggling to Syrian rebels.

Cumhuriyet newspaper's chief editor, Can Dundar, and Ankara representative Erdem Gul, face life imprisonment if found guilty of charges of espionage and aiding a moderate Islamic movement led by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.