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Turkish prosecutors accuse newspaper of 'asymmetric war' on Erdogan... By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 43 years in jail for journalists from a leading opposition newspaper on charges of supporting a terrorist organisation and targeting President Tayyip Erdogan through "asymmetric war methods". An indictment seen by Reuters on Wednesday said Cumhuriyet had effectively been "taken over" by the network of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed for a failed coup last July, and used to "veil the actions of terrorist groups". Turkey has purged more than 113,000 people from the police, judiciary, military and elsewhere since the coup attempt, and has closed more than 130 media outlets, raising concerns among Western allies about deteriorating rights and freedoms. The authorities say the measures are justified by the gravity of the coup attempt, in which rogue soldiers tried to overthrow the government and Erdogan, killing more than 240 people, most of them civilians. "(Cumhuriyet) started an intense perception operation targeting the government and president of the republic ... through asymmetric war methods," s
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