Turkey: trial of mathematician teaching in France resumes, charges reduced As Tuna Altinel's trial resumes, supporters gather outside the Balikesir courthouse and a prosecutor softens the charges against the Turkish mathematician teaching in France. At the opening of his trial in July, Mr. Altinel was accused of "belonging to a terrorist group", in this case the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is conducting a guerrilla war in Turkey, for having participated in a February meeting in France. The prosecutor announced that he wished to drop this charge and replace it with the charge of "terrorist propaganda", which carries a lighter sentence. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES