Turkish paper 'won't give in' after raids

Tuesday's edition of Cumhuriyet newspaper - one of Turkey's oldest - ran the headline: "We won't give in," after at least 12 staff were detained.

Cumhuriyet newspaper

The 17 defendants from Cumhuriyet daily were detained from October last year and a dozen of them have now spent more than eight months in jail. Source: AAP

An opposition newspaper in Turkey is remaining defiant a day after the detention of its chief editor and at least 12 senior staff, vowing not "to give in" to pressure.

Tuesday's edition of Cumhuriyet newspaper - one of Turkey's oldest - ran the headline: "We won't give in". Tuesday's columns of two of its detained writers were left blank.

The Istanbul prosecutor's office says the detentions followed an investigation into the left-leaning and secularist paper's alleged support to the movement led by US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - accused by the government of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt - and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party.

The paper rejects the accusations.

The detentions drew widespread international criticism, including from the United States and the European Union.


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