Seventeen Turkish journalists face terrorism trial 

Seventeen journalists and managers at Turkish opposition newspaper, Cumhuriyet, are about to go on trial on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.

If found guilty, they could face sentences of up to 43 years in jail.

A dozen of Cumhuriyet's journalists and managers are behind bars in pre-trial detention.

Ten of them have been imprisoned for almost nine months.
 
At the Istanbul courthouse a large crowd of supporters let off balloons and called for their release.

There was chaos as they tried to enter the court for the start of the trial.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS