2 leading Turkish journalists are detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work

Two of Turkey’s leading journalists were detained Thursday on what their newspapers said were false charges stemming from their work.

Writers Timur Soykan of BirGun and Cumhuriyet’s Murat Agirel were arrested at their homes on charges of making threats and blackmail in an investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Both papers have criticized the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

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