The trial of 18 students of Istanbul Technical University detained on September 12, 2008 for holding a protest action against Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the university is over.

The students were sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for an unauthorized protest action. Having no previous convictions, the court suspended the sentence. The defendants will be jailed if they break a law within 5 years.

As NEWS.am reported previously, students of Istanbul Technical University organized a protest action against Turkish Premier’s visit to the university. The police took the students from the building and arrested them.