Turkey: Alternatif newspaper accused of violating press law, shut down for one month

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(Antenna-TR/IFEX) - The Istanbul High Criminal Court No. 9 has seized copies of "Alternatif" newspaper and has suspended its publication for one month. The paper, which began publishing in May 2008, is accused of violating Article 25/2 of the Press Law for "publishing the statements of the PKK/KONGRA-GEL organisation".