Lawyers for two journalists from an Turkish opposition newspaper on Monday appealed a court ruling to detain them on spying charges over a report suggesting Ankara had shipped arms bound for Syria, the daily said.
The lawyers for Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief Can Dundar and its Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul wrote in the appeal that they objected to last week's court decision which they said contradicted the Turkish constitution and law.
"The rest is yours. It's your choice and responsibility," the lawyers said.
AFP reports that an Istanbul court on Thursday charged the two journalists with "aiding a terrorist organization" and spying for alleging that Turkey, a fierce critic of President Bashar al-Assad, had covertly shipped arms to Syria.
Both were remanded in custody pending trial, but no date has been set and it may be months away.
If convicted, both men face up to 45 years in prison.