ANKARA (AA) - Turkish dailies mostly covered Tuesday the Boston blasts which happened during a marathon race in US, postponement of the German NSU cell trail and Istanbul court's decision to sentence Turkish pianist Fazil Say to 10 months in prison for blasphemy.
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All of the Turkish dailies covered the blasts which happened during a marathon race in Boston, US on Monday. "Terror at the marathon" headlined daily MILLIYET and published that the US which was shocked after the September 11 attacks of Al-Qaida faced another shock yesterday as at least two people lost their lives and more than 50 others were wounded during two separate explosions. The paper added, Turkish citizens at the marathon were not injured. Daily VATAN headlined, "Bloody finish" and noted, there were 27 thousand athletes participating in the marathon, there was no reception to use mobile phones, Boston airport was shut temporarily and US President Barack Obama said, they will find who carried out the attack and they will bring them to justice. The blasts happened around three hours after the lead runners passed the finish line.
-The trial of the National Socialist Underground cell, which murdered 10 people, including 8 Turkish citizens, adjourned to May 6-
Turkish daily SABAH covered an exclusive story over the postponement of the trial of the German "National Socialist Underground" (NSU) cell, which murdered 10 people, including 8 Turkish citizens to May 6 by a Munich Court. Daily said, their lawsuit was shown as a justification and highlighted, after newspaper SABAH's lawsuit, the German Constitutional Court had ruled that the Munich Court's accreditation was not appropriate as it excluded foreign journalists and demanded appropriate number of seats to be provided for the foreign media organs to follow the trial.
-Renowned Turkish pianist gets suspended jail term for insulting Islam-
Turkish dailies mostly covered the decision of an Istanbul court which sentenced Turkish pianist Fazil Say to 10-month in prison for blasphemy on Monday. The sentence was suspended. "Thought is free until article 216" headlined daily RADIKAL and the newspaper covered the columns of its reporters about the suspended sentence of the composer. Daily HURRIYET quoted the pianist and headlined, "I am very sorry for my country" and the paper continued as saying, "World-renowned composer and pianist Fazil Say was sentenced to 10-month in prison for 'insulting religious beliefs held by a section of the society' and there are major criticisms to the decision." Daily HURRIYET shared the words of Say over the decision as saying, "After the court's decision I felt very sorry for my country. In the scope of freedom of expression, I felt disappointed." Say had published tweets on his account which caused prison sentence for insulting Islamic religious values. Prosecutor's office found that Say's tweet statements run contrary to the first and third points of Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK).
