Trial Over Failed Coup Has Began In Turkey

Turkish pop star Atilla Tas and 28 others, most of them journalists, are being tried in Istanbul on terrorism charges over alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed for last year's failed coup attempt in Turkey. They face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of membership in “an armed terrorist organization,” in a massive government crackdown that has seen more than 100 media via IFTTT