[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A The two men had been convicted of aiding the network of US-based Moslem holy man Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world. Gülen and Erdogan used to be really good friends, but only one of them could be sultan, and Gülen lost...
, accused by Ankara of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016.
They had denied the charges against them.
The court also acquitted journalist Mehmet Altan, a defendant in the same case, of alleged links to the Gulen network, Anadolu said.
Altan had already been released.