Two Turkey police sentenced to 10 years for killing teen in 2013 anti-government protests

KAYSERI, Turkey (AFP) - Two Turkish police were jailed Wednesday for at least 10 years over the killing of a teenage protestor during 2013 protests against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The court in the central city of Kayseri sentenced Mevlut Saldogan to 10 years and 10 months in prison and fellow police officer Yalcin Akbulut to 10 years for the killing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz, 19, in the western city of Eskisehir on June 2, 2013.

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