Abdülkerim Balcı worked as an Ankara correspondent and a columnist for the Zaman Newspaper, which has been closed. For him, the prosecutor demanded a sentence of up to three times aggravated life imprisonment in the scope of the trial known as FETÖ Media Main Case. Yet, he was abroad when the investigation started about him.

Ahmet Altan was the editor-in-chief of the Taraf Newspaper, which was shut down by a presidential decree on July 28, 2016. He began his journalism career in 1974. He has been in prison since Sept. 23, 2016. He received an aggravated life sentence in “the FETÖ Media Main Trial.” The Court of Appeal confirmed the verdict, however, the Court of Cassation reversed it. He was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months imprisonment for the crime of “knowingly and willingly aiding an organisation without being a member.”

He was released but after objections he was arrested once again at November 13th.

Mezopotamya Agency reporter. He was taken into custody at February 8th, 2018 for his social media posts. He was tried with the accusation of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization in a successive manner” and was requested to be sentenced to from 1 year 3 months to 8 years 9 months of imprisonment. He was acquitted.

An investigation against him got underway at May 23rd, 2016, for the news published at Özgür Gündem at June 7th, 2016 when he undertook the editor-in-chief on duty position. He was arrested at June 20th, 2016. He was released at July 1st, 2016. His files were consolidated with the files of Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu, who were arrested the same day. In the 11th hearing at July 17th, 2019 he was acquitted of all of the accusations. However the case taken to the appeal court due to the objection of the the prosecutor.

Ahmet Şık has been a journalist since 1991. He was arrested on the charges of “making propaganda for three seperate terrorist organizations.” His file was then consolidated with the Cumhuriyet Newspaper Case. He was jailed pending trial for 14 months. He was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months imprisonment. The verdict was approved by the Court of Appeal.The Court of Cassation demanded a reversal of the decision. However, it asked for Ahmet Şık’s prosecution with regards to the allegations of “legitimazing the actions of the organization” and “insulting the bodies of the state” other than “aiding an organization knowingly and voluntarily.” However the local court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Ahmet Turan Alkan was a columnist for the Zaman Newspaper for 20 years. He was kept in jail for nearly 2 years in the scope of the operation against the Zaman Newspaper. Alkan was found guilty for “being a member of an armed terrorist organization” and was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months imprisonment. The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. His file is in the Court of Cassation.

**** Akın Atalay is a legal expert and lawyer. He was the Chairman of the Executive Board of Cumhuriyet Foundation. He was detained in the scope of the investigation against the Cumhuriyet Newspaper. He was recommended up to 43 years imprisonment. He was sentenced to 7 years 3 months 15 days of prison. The verdict was approved by the Court of Appeal. The Court of Cassation reversed the decision which had been approved by the Court of Appeal. However in the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Reporter at Cumhuriyet Daily. He is being tried with the accusation of “identifying officials on anti-terror duties as targets” for an article published at March 11th, 2016.

Ali Bulaç was a columnist for Zaman Newspaper which was then shut down. He was also a founding member of the newspaper. He was in prison for 22 months within the scope of Zaman Newspaper Main Trial. He was sentenced to 8 years, 9 months imprisonment for “being a member of an armed terrorist organization.” The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. His file is in the Court of Cassation.

He was a columnist for the Zaman Newspaper which was then shut down. Within the scope of the trial called as “FETÖ Media Main Case”, the prosecutor demanded a sentence of up to three times aggravated life imprisonment for Çolak. However, Çolak was abroad when the investigation against him started.

Ali Sönmez Kayar is a reporter for the Etkin News Agency (ETHA). He was accused of “being a member of the urban guerilla structure of the MLKP [Marxist Leninist Communist Party]. After 8 and a half months in prison, he was released. His prosecution continues.

Ali Ünal was a columnist for Zaman Newspaper which was then shut down. The court sentenced Ünal to 19 years and 6 months imprisonment for “establishing and managing an armed terrorist organization.” The verdict was approved by the Court of Appeal and is now at the Court of Cassation. He has been imprisoned since Aug. 15, 2016.

Alican Uludağ has been working for the Cumhuriyet newspaper since 2008. He was sentenced to 10 months of prison due to one of his reports in the Cumhuriyet newspaper. Also, he has been prosecuted for his reporting on how Pastor Brunson’s [Andrew Craig Brunson, a US pastor who had been arrested in Turkey and charged for “committing offenses on behalf of FETÖ and PKK, and espionage.” Brunson was sentenced to 3 years 1 month and 15 days of prison. His arrest increased tensions between the US and Turkey. After his release, he returned to the US] release was based on diplomatic and political reasons, not legal ones. Uludağ is facing up to two years in prison.

Editor-in-Chief of Yakın Doğu News webpage. He was taken into custody at February 29th, 2020 for his social media posts. He was arrested with the accusation of “Publicly provoking hatred and hostility in public”. He is requested to be sentenced to from 1 year 3 months to 5 years 3 months of imprisonment. He was in pre-trial detention. At the first hearing he was sentenced to 50 days of imprisonment for the accusation of “praising an offence and the offender”. The imprisonment sentence was then converted to a thousand TL of fine. With this decision he was released.

Arzu Demir has been a journalist since 1997. She was kept under custody for 4 days in the scope of the “KCK Press” operation. She was accused of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and her prosecution continues without arrest. Demir is facing from 7 years 6 months to 15 years of imprisonment.

Aslı Erdoğan is an author. She was also a member of the advisory committee of Özgür Gündem Newspaper, which was shuttered. She was prosecuted with all the other authorized persons of the newspaper. She was detained for 4 months and 10 days on the charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.” After her travel ban was removed, she moved to Germany.

Aydın Engin has been a journalist since 1969. He was sentenced to 7,5 years in prison for “aiding and abetting an organisation knowingly and willingly, although he does not belong to the structure of that organization.” The Court of Cassation reversed the decision about Aydın Engin. However in the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Her articles were published at publications such as, Hayalet Gemi, Expres, Kırmızı Alarm, Kaos GL, Özgür Politika. She was the editor-in-chief of Pazartesi. She worked at Şamdan Plus, Sabah Daily and the weekend edition of Star Daily. She has books published, such as Çalar Saat, Erkekliğin Kitabında Yazmaz Bu and Behiç Aşçı Kitabı, and has translations. She was sentenced to 1 year 6 months of imprisonment within the scope of Özgür Gündem Co-Editors-in-Chief on Duty Case. This sentence was executed between January 29th, 2019 and June 12th, 2019.

Ayşe Oyman worked as a reporter and editor for Özgür Gündem, IMC TV and DİHA. She was detained in December 2011 within the case known as the “KCK Press.” She was jailed for charges of “membership of a terrorist organization.” Oyman was released on March 3, 2014. Her trial continues. Oyman is facing from 7 years 6 months to 15 years of imprisonment.

Ayşenur Parıldak was a journalist for the Zaman Newspaper, which has since been closed. Parıldak was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for FETÖ membership. The decision was approved by both the Court of Appeal and Cassation. Parıldak, who was 26 years old when she was arrested, has been in prison since August 2016.

Reporter for BirGün Daily. He is being tried with the accusation of making news of tweets of the account called “Fuat Avni”, during the term when the disassociation between “Fetullah Gülen Congregation” and AKP Government was starting to be visible. He is requested to be sentenced for from 7,5 years to 15 years of imprisonment, for “knowingly and willingly aiding an organisation without partaking in the hierarchical structure of the organisation”.

He was the editor-in-chief of Odatv web-page. He was arrested at March 6th, 2020 for the article titled “Odatv reached the footage of the quiet funeral service of the MIT (National Intelligence Agency) member who was martyred in Libya”. He was accused of “disclosing the information and documents regarding intelligence actions”. He is being detained at Silivri Prison.

Editor in charge of the news at Odatv webpage. He taken into custody at March 5th, 2020 for the article “Odatv reached the footage of the quiet funeral service of the MIT (National Intelligence Agency) member who was martyred in Libya”. He was arrested for the accusations of “causing the capture of the information and documents regarding intelligence actions”, “disclosing the information and documents regarding intelligence actions” and “capturing the information and documents regarding the intelligence actions”. He is being kept at Istanbul Silivri Prison.

Beritan Canözer is a correspondent for JinNews. She was taken into custody and arrested in 2005 due to her “enthusiasm.” She was acquitted from this trial but another lawsuit continues against her with the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization.”

She was acquitted after the trial.

Berzan Güneş is a former reporter for Mezopotamya News Agency (MA). He was taken into custody in Şırnak on June 11, 2018. Güneş was charged for “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” and subsequently arrested. He was released at the end of his first hearing on Aug. 7, 2018. He was tried without being arrested. At the end of the trial he was sentenced to 3 years 1 month 15 days of imprisonment for “making propaganda for an organisation”. The decision was taken to the appeal court.

Bilge Oykut Contepe was a member of the advisory board of publication for the Özgür Gündem Newspaper, which has then been closed down. She has been on trial with the other managers working for the newspaper on the charge of terrorism.

Bülent Keneş was a journalist working for the Zaman daily since 1994. Keneş was the editor-in-chief for the Today’s Zaman Newspaper, which was later closed. He also served as a correspondent for Anadolu Agency’s New York office. He resigned from his position in the Zaman Newspaper in December 2015.

Şık, a food engineer, wrote an article regarding Ministry of Health’s research in Cumhuriyet Daily. Following the article an an official complaint was filed against him for “disclosing information that is to be kept confidential in a manner to cause indignance in public” by the Ministry. Following the complaint, a lawsuit was opened. He was acquitted from the accusations of “Securing Prohibited Confidential Information” and “Disclosing Prohibited Confidential Information”. He was sentenced to 1 year 3 months of imprisonment for “Disclosure of Confidential Information in Respect of a Duty”.

Çağdaş Erdoğan is an independent photojournalist. He was taken into custody on Istanbul’s Kalamış coast. He was prosecuted for taking photographs of MIT’s social facility. He was charged with “being a member of an organization” and “making propaganda for an organization.” He was imprisoned for 6 months and was released pending trial.

Çağdaş Kaplan is a correspondent for DİHA and the editor-in-chief for the Yeni Yaşam Newspaper. He was jailed for more than one year pending trial in the scope of the “KCK Press” case. He is now pending trial for being a member of an organization.

Çağrı Sarı is a reporter for the Evrensel newspaper. Upon the complaint of Berat Albayrak, the then energy minister, current economy minister and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law, and Albayrak’s brother Serhat Albayrak, Sarı was prosecuted for her reporting on the “Paradise Papers,” a set of leaked electronic documents relating to the offshore investments of numerous politicians and business people around the world. She was eventually acquitted.

Can Dündar was the editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet Newspaper. At the beginning of the Cumhuriyet trial, in which he was one of the defendants, Dündar was abroad. He was prosecuted for his reporting on Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization’s (MIT) trucks and spent 3 months in prison. He was sentenced to 5 years 10 months of prison.

Reporter for BirGün Daily. He served in different positions at the paper, including a managerial position. He is being tried with the accusation of making news of tweets of the account called “Fuat Avni”, during the term when the disassociation between Fetullah Gülen Congregation and AKP Government was starting to be visible. He is requested to be sentenced for from 7,5 years to 15 years of imprisonment, for “knowingly and willingly aiding an organisation without partaking in the hierarchical structure of the organisation”. He is also being tried for another article he wrote for the accusation of “identifying officials on anti-terror duties as targets”.

Canan Coşkun started her professional career at the Cumhuriyet newspaper in February 2012. She terminated her contract in September 2018. Coşkun was charged for “disclosing or publishing the identities of state officials that were assigned in the fight against terrorism” (Law on the Fight Against Terrorism, Article 6) and sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison. The Court of Appeal has yet to approve the verdict. In addition, Coşkun is being prosecuted due to one of her reports and has been charged with “insulting the President of the Republic” (TPC 299).

Cansu Pişkin graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Communication’s Journalism Department. She was the judicial reporter for the Evrensel newspaper from 2015 to April 2019. She has been working for the Plarform24 since April 2019. Due to one of her reports, Pişkin was sentenced to 10 months in prison for “disclosing or publishing the identities of state officials assigned in the fight against terrorism” (Law on the Fight Against Terrorism, Article 6). The announcement of the verdict was deferred.

Academic and an writer at Evrensel Daily. A claim for damages for 100.000 TL was opened against her for her article titled “Who made AKP lose votes?” by Serhat Albayrak, Vice-President of the Executive Board of Turkuvaz Media Group which is close to the AKP government.

Çiğdem Toker began her journalism career in 1986. Due to her two columns, a total of 3 million Turkish liras of lawsuits were brought against her for non-pecuniary damages by Agrobay Greenhousing and Şenbay Mining, which are incorporated in the Bayburt Group. In addition, due to her another article published in the Cumhuriyet Newspaper, the Postal and Telegraph Service (PTT) sued her with a demand of 50,000 liras for non-pecuniary damages. Agrobay Greenhousing’s and PTT’s claims for damages were rejected.

All 3 cases against Toker has dropped.

Değer Özergün worked for the Hürriyet and Sabah Newspapers and Şamdan Magazine. He was the former editor-in-chief of the Millet Newspaper. He is a fugitive in the Karşı trial.

Deniz Yücel is a Turkish-descent German journalist and columnist. When he was the representative of Turkey for Die Welt, he was taken into custody and arrested in the scope of an investigation about the-then Minister of Energy and Natural Sources, Berat Albayrak’s emails being leaked to the public. After one year in detention, he was released and returned to Germany. His prosecution continues.

Derya Okatan was the editor-in-chief at the Etkin News Agency (ETHA). She reported the news about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and then- Minister of Energy and Natural Sources,Berat Albayrak’s emails, which were published by a ‘hacker’ group called ‘RedHack.’ She has been pending trial within the scope of the ‘Redhack lawsuit’. Prosecutors recommended she receive 14 years of jail time.

Editor-in-Chief of the news web-page T24. He was accused of making news of tweets of the account called “Fuat Avni”, during the term when the disassociation between Fetullah Gülen Congregation and AKP Government was starting to be visible. He is facing from 7 years 6 months to 15 years of imprisonment with the accusation of “knowingly and willingly aiding an organisation without taking part in the hierarchical structure”.

Duygu Güvenç started her journalistic career in 1997. She is facing up to two years in prison due to her reporting on how Pastor Brunson’s [Andrew Craig Brunson, a US pastor who had been arrested in Turkey and charged for “committing offenses on behalf of FETÖ and PKK, and espionage.” Brunson was sentenced to 3 years 1 month and 15 days of prison. His arrest increased tensions between the US and Turkey. After his release, he returned the US] release was based on diplomatic and political reasons, not legal ones. Alican Uludağ, another reporter for the Cumhuriyet newspaper is also prosecuted in the same file.

Ece Sevim Öztürk was the editor-in-chief of the news website Çağdaş Ses. She was accused of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” and spent 5 months and 21 days in prison. She was sentenced to 3 years 1 month and 15 days in prison for “aiding a terrorist organization knowingly and willingly.” The appeal process continues.

Ekrem Dumanlı was the editor-in-chief of the Zaman Newspaper, which has since been closed. The prosecutor demanded an aggravated life imprisonment up to three times regarding his case, which is part of the FETÖ Media Main Case in which many writers and journalists were prosecuted. However, he was abroad when the investigation began.

Elif Aydoğmuş worked as an editor for the Özgür Gündem Newspaper. After the newspaper was shut down by the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace, she was arrested by the police officers who raided the newspaper’s building. She was accused of “resisting a public officer to prevent him from performing his duty” (TPC 265/1) and “insulting” (TPC 125).

Emin Çölaşan is a columnist for the Sözcü Newspaper. He started working as a journalist in 1977. He was tried in the Sözcü trial with the charges of “aiding a terrorist organization, though he doesn’t belong to the structure of that organisation.” At the end of the trial he was sentenced to 3 years 6 months and 15 days of imprisonment for the accused crimes.

Eray Sargın was the editor-in-chief of Yolculuk Newspaper. He reported the news about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and then-Minister of Energy and Natural Sources, Berat Albayrak’s emails which was published by a ‘hacker’ group called ‘RedHack.’ He has been pending trial within the scope of the ‘Redhack lawsuit.’ Prosecutors have recommended he receive 16.5 years of jail time.

He has been a journalist since 1992. He was in pre-trial detention for 92 day for the news he made regarding the criminal investigation reports of the trucks which were stopped that allegedly belonged to MIT and were carrying weaponry to Syria while he was the Ankara correspondent of Cumhuriyet Newspaper. He was released after the “Violation of Rights” decision of the Constitutional Court. Through the trial process he was first sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment then acquitted.

Erdem Özden is a reporter for the Mavi Didim Newspaper. He was prosecuted without arrest for reporting the Labour Party’s (Emek Partisi) protest of the Afrin military operation. Like the other journalists from Didim, Özden was charged with “publicly provoking hatred or hostility in one section of the public against another section” (TPC 216). Özden was acquitted.

Eren Erdem is a journalist and writer. He is also a former CHP [Republican People’s Party] Member of Parliament. He was prosecuted and charged for “aiding and abetting an organization knowingly and willingly, although he does not belong to the structure of that organization,” and was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison.

Eren Keskin is a lawyer, she is also a columnist and co-editor-in-chief for the Özgür Gündem newspaper. With the closing down of the Özgür Gündem, the prosecution of the columnists and managers of the newspaper began. Keskin is on trial for “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.”

Representative of Turkey for Reporters Without Borders (RSF). For almost 20 years he worked as the Representative of Turkey for RSF, legal advise desk coordinator, freedom of expression editor and Editor-in-Chief. He is preparing Media Watch Reports for bane. He was accused of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation” within the scope of Özgür Gündem Editors-in-Chief on Duty case. At the end of the trial he was acquitted. However due to the objection of the prosecutor, the case was taken to the appeal court.

Ertuş Bozkurt was a reporter for the Dicle News Agency who also worked as an editor and regional chief at the agency. He was jailed for the KCK Press Case on charges of “being an executive of an illegal organization.” After two and a half years in detention, he was released. The trial continues.Bozkurt is facing from 15 years ta 22 years 6 months of imprisonment.

Detained as a reporter for the Dicle News Agency, Evrim Kepenek is on trial for the KCK Press Case on charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization.” Kepenek worked for the Cumhuriyet, Birgün, Taraf, DİHA, and Jin News. She now works as the editor of the Women and LGBTI section on the Bianet news website.

Editor-in-Chief at Yeni Yaşam Daily. He was summoned to give a statement at March 6th, 2020 for “making news about the information regarding the death of MIT (National Intelligence Agency) member during the operations Turkey had launched in Libya”. Following his statement, he was released with judicial control condition. However due to the objection of the prosecutor’s office he was arrested. At March 8th 2020, he was arrested with the accusation of “disclosing information and documents regarding intelligence activities”. He is being kept at Silivri Prison.

Gökmen Ulu was the İzmir correspondent for the Sözcü Newspaper. He was tried in the scope of the “FETÖ/PDY investigation” on May 26, 2017. Ulu was released in the first hearing of the trial on Nov. 8, 2017. His prosecution continues. At the end of the trial he was sentenced to 1 year 13 months of imprisonment for the accused crimes.

Günay Aksoy worked for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and Özgür Gündem Newspapers. She is a defendant in the trial of the raid to the Özgür Gündem Newspaper. She is accused of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and there is an arrest warrant against her.

Güray Tekin Öz is a journalist since 1971. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial and spent 9 months in jail. He was convicted for “aiding a terrorist organization, though not belonging to the structure of that organisation” and sentenced to 3 years 9 months of prison. After the Court of Appeal approved the verdict, he had to return to prison for the remaining 1 year 23 day of his sentence. The Court of Cassation reversed the decision about Güray Tekin Öz along with all the other defendants of Cumhuriyet Newspaper. Güray Tekin Öz was released on Sept. 12, 2019. However in the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Hakan Karasinir is a journalist. He uses Hakan Kara in his professional life. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial and spent 9 months in jail. He was convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization, though he doesn’t belong to the structure of it” and sentenced to 3 years 9 months in prison. The Court of Appeal approved the verdict and he had to return to prison to complete the remaining 1 year 23 days of his sentence. The Court of Cassation reversed the decision about Hakan Kara along with all the other defendants of Cumhuriyet Newspaper. Hakan Kara was released on Sept. 12, 2019. However in the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Hamza Gündüz was a reporter for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA). He is being prosecuted for his social media posts and sharing reports about Musa Çitil, a commander who led military operations during a curfew in Diyarbakır’s Sur district. He was tried for “disclosing or publishing the identities of state officials that were assigned in the fight against terrorism” (Turkish Anti-Terror Law Article 6). He was also prosecuted and sentenced to a year and 8 months in prison for “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.”

She started her journalism career at Zaman Newspaper. She was taken into custody and arrested while she was working at the Yarına Bakış Newspaper. Following the coup attempt, she was taken into custody accusing her of “taking part in the media structure of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ).” Erdal was charged with “being a member of a terrorist organisation” and sentenced a 6 years and 3 months prison time. She is now in prison.

Hasan Cemal began his journalism career at Devrim magazine in 1969. After working for Yeni Ortam, Günaydın newspapers and the Anka News Agency, he started to work for the Cumhuriyet newspaper in 1973. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper from 1981 to 1992. He wrote columns for the Sabah and Milliyet newspapers. He has been writing for the T24 news website since 2013. He is the founder and president of the Platform for Independent Journalism: P24. He was prosecuted because of his article titled “From Silvan: They made us get used to the deaths and pains…” (published in T24 on Dec. 4, 2017) and charged with “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.” The court ruled to fine him.

Havva Cuştan is a correspondent for the ETHA News Agency. The prosecutor demanded a sentence of up to 20 years imprisonment for “being a member of a armed terrorist organization” and “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.” She is currently pending trial.

Cumhuriyet Daily reporter. She is being tried in the case based on the complaint of Cengiz Holding CEO Mehmet Cengiz for the article she wrote with the title “Luxurious Appurtenances with View over Bosphorus”. Cengiz requests 1 Million Turkish Liras in compensation.

Hicran Urun worked for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper as an editor. Urun was arrested in the scope of the operation against the newspaper on April 4, 2018, on the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and has been detained since April 10, 2019.

He wrote columns for a long time. He was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months of prison in the Cumhuriyet trial. The Court of Appeal approved the sentence. Çetinkaya’s lawyers appealed to The Court of Cassation. The Court of Cassation ruled to reverse the decision about Çetinkaya. However in the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Correspondent for Odatv web-page. She was taken into custody in Manisa, for the article “Odatv reached the footage of the quiet funeral service of the MIT (National Intelligence Agency) member who was martyred in Libya”. Following the statement, she was arrested by the court she was forwarded to. The arrest decision was based on the accusations of “causing the capture of the information and documents regarding intelligence actions”, “disclosing the information and documents regarding intelligence actions” and “capturing the information and documents regarding the intelligence actions”. She is being kept at Istanbul Silivri Prison.

He worked for almost 45 years at newspapers such as Özgür Ülke, Özgür Gündem, Halk Gerçeği, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi. Lastly he was a Co-editor-in-Chief at Özgür Gündem Newspaper. He has 63 criminal cases opened against him because of his time there. He was imprisoned after his 3 years 9 months sentence was approved. He was sent to Sinan Prison. He is still being tried for numerous cases. He was released at October 25th, 2019, after the First Package of Judicial Reforms was set in motion at October 24th, 2019, that allowed the appeal process for sentences under 5 years.

İbrahim Karayeğen was the night editor-in-chief for the Zaman Newspaper which was then shuttered. As part of the legal cases against the newspaper, the prosecutor sought a sentence of up to three times aggravated life imprisonment and an additional 15 years in prison. The charges against him were coup-plotting and terrorism. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison. The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. His file is in the Court of Cassation.

İhsan Duran Dağı is an academic and columnist. Within the scope of the Zaman Newspaper Main Trial, he was taken under custody for 3 days and then released. At the end of the trial, he was acquitted of all the charges against him.

İlhan Tanır was a reporter for the Cumhuriyet Newspaper. He has never been on trial as he lives abroad. An indictment was issued against him but his file was separated from the case because of his location.

Columnist at Cumhuriyet Daily. She was accused of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation through media” for her social media post. She was requested to be sentenced to from 1 year 6 months to 7 years 6 months of imprisonment. She is acquitted.

İsminaz Temel is an editor for Etkin News Agency (ETHA). She was jailed pending trial for 1 year, 3 months and 20 days on charges of “making propaganda for an organization” and “being a member of a armed terrorist organization.” She is currently pending trial.

Kadri Gürsel has been a journalist since 1986. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial and spent 11 months in prison. He was sentenced to two and a half years of prison. The Court of Appeal approved the verdict. After the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn for the acquittal of Kadri Gürsel, retrial has commenced. At the end of the retrial, court ruled for Gürsel’s acquittal.

Kutlu Esendemir started his career at the Cumhuriyet Newspaper. He worked for HaberTürk, Yeni Harman, Leman, and the Karşı Newspaper. In the Karşı trial, he was accused of “aiding and abetting an organization knowingly and willingly, although he does not belong to the structure of that organization” and was acquitted.

Lalezar Sarıibrahimoğlu (Lale Kemal) is a columnist for the Zaman Newspaper. She was in pretrial detention for 2.5 months. She faced coup and terror related charges along with other writers and managers of the Zaman Newspaper. The prosecutor sought a sentence of up to three times aggravated life imprisonment and also an additional 7.5 to 15 years of imprisonment. She was acquitted of all charges.

She worked at Sabah Newspaper, Kanal A, Metro TV, Kral TV, Flash TV, Akşam Newspaper, Forum Newspaper and Şafak Newspaper. She was taken into custody at May 26th, 2017 in the scope of Sözcü Newspaper Case. She was released at September 22nd, 2017. At the end of the trial she was acquitted.

Journalist/Author and academician, was imprisoned for 1 year and 9 months. Despite the Violation of Rights decision of the Constitutional Court he wasn’t released for 5 and a half months. He was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for “attempting to abolish the constitutional order of the Republic of Turkey”. The Court of Cassation has acquitted Mehmet Altan. However he is being accused of “assisting an organisation without taking part” on the trial that restarted on October 8th, 2019. Court of Cassation decided for his acquittal. However in the retrial at October 8th, 2019, he was accused of “aiding an organisation without being a member”. After the trial he was acquitted.

Mehmet Aydoğmuş is a journalist. He worked for the Haberdar news website as news director. He also worked as the editor-in-chief and news director of the news website of the Karşı Newspaper. He is a fugitive defendant in the Karşı Newspaper trial.

Mehmet Baransu was a correspondent with the now shuttered Taraf Newspaper. For his news articles on “Balyoz Coup Plan” and “Egemen Action Plan” published on Taraf Newspaper, he is in prison pending trial since March 2, 2015. The prosecutor has requested 35 to 75 years of prison for these articles.

Mehmet Bozkurt is a journalist. He worked as a reporter for the Aydınlık Newspaper. He was the deputy editor-in-chief at the Karşı Newspaper as well as the news director. Since May 2019, he has been working as the project editor in İnkilap Kitapevi, a publishing house.

Mehmet Çağlar Tekin is the chief coordinator of Yurt Newspaper. He was tried for publishing the interview of journalist Tunca Öğreten with Perihan Mağden, which was first published on Diken. He was charged for “insulting the president of the Republic.” He was acquitted of the charge after judicial proceedings.

Works as a freelance journalist in Diyarbakır. A lawsuit was opened against him based on his social media publications for “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation in a successive manner”. Erol was acquitted at the first hearing of the case where he was requested to be sentenced for up to 8 years 9 months of imprisonment.

He was the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Zaman Newspaper which got shut down. 3 times aggravated life imprisonment punishment was asked for him in the scope of the trial which is known as FETÖ Main Media Case. However he was abroad when the investigations commenced.

Mehmet Özdemir was the editor-in-chief of the Zaman Newspaper, which has since been shuttered. As part of the legal cases against the newspaper, the prosecutor sought three times aggravated life imprisonment and an additional 7.5 to 15 years in prisonand for “being a member of an armed organization” (314/2). The charges against him were coup-plotting and terrorism. He was acquitted after one year and nine months of pretrial detention.

Editor-in-Chief of Sözcü Newspaper. He has been working as a journalist for 43 years. In the scope of the trial against Sözcü Newspaper, he was tried for the accusation of “Assisting an armed terrorist organisation despite not partaking in the hierarchical structure of the organisation.” At the end of the hearing he was sentenced to 3 years 4 months of imprisonment.

Metin Yoksu was a reporter for the Dicle News Agency, which has since been closed. He reported the news about Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and then-Minister of Energy and Natural Sources Berat Albayrak’s emails, which were published by a ‘hacker’ group called ‘RedHack.’ He has been pending trial within the scope of the ‘Redhack lawsuit.’ Prosecutors recommended he receive 16.5 years of jail time.

Mümtazer Türköne was a columnist for the Zaman Newspaper. He was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months of imprisonment for “being a member of a terrorist organization” as part of the case where other writers and executives of the newspaper were put on trial. The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. His file is in the Court of Cassation. He has been in Silivri Prison since Aug. 4, 2016.

Columnist at Yeniçağ Daily. He was summoned to give a statement for “the articles about the funeral service of the MİT (National Intelligence Agency) who died during the operations in Libya” at March 6th, 2020. After the statement he was released with a judicial control condition. However due to the objection of the prosecutor’s office, a capture warrant for his arrest was issued. He was arrested at March 8th, 2020 with the accusation of “disclosing information and documents regarding intelligence actions”. He is being kept at Silivri Prison.

Murat Kazancı is a journalist. He worked for the Hürriyet Newspaper. He was the news director of the Karşı Newspaper. He was arrested and released in the scope of the Karşı investigation. The Istanbul 23rd High Criminal Court ruled for an apprehension warrant against Kazancı on Aug. 2, 2018. His file was separated along with the other fugitive defendants in the final hearing.

Murat Sabuncu is a journalist. He worked for the Milliyet and Cumhuriyet Newspapers, as well as Tempo and Fortune magazines. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial and spent 16 months in prison. He was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months of prison. The Court of Cassation reversed the decision which had been approved by the Court of Appeal. However at the end of the retrials, court decided to persist against the Court of Cassation’s decision to overturn.

Musa Kart started his career as a caricaturist in 1974. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial, and was imprisoned for nine months during the proceedings. He was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, and was jailed once again after the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. The Court of Cassation reversed the decision against Musa Kart along with all the other defendants from Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Kart was released on Sep. 12, 2019. However, in the subsequent retrial, his prison sentence was reinstated.

Mustafa Çetin was the Editor-in-Chief of the Sözcü newspaper’s online news portal. He was tried for “aiding an organization knowingly and willingly, although she or he does not belong to that structure” (TPC 220/7). Çetin was released pending trial. At the end of the hearing he was sentenced to 3 years 4 months of imprisonment for the accused crimes.

Mustafa Ünal was the Ankara representative of the Zaman Newspaper. In the scope of the Zaman trial, he was sentenced to 10 years, 6 months imprisonment for “being a member of an armed terrorist organization.” The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. His file is in the Court of Cassation. Ünal has been in prison since July 30, 2016.

Nazlı Ilıcak, a journalist and writer, has been in jail since July 29, 2016 for the case known as the ‘FETÖ Media Main Case.’ Ilıcak was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The decision approved by the Court of Appeal was reversed by the Court of Cassation. However, it was ruled that Ilıcak’s detention be continued. She was a journalist and columnist for 44 years when she was arrested.

The trial restarted at October 8th, 2019.

Necati Doğru is a columnist for the Sözcü Newspaper. He was tried under the charges of “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization knowingly and willingly, though he is not a member of that organisation”.At the end of the trial he was sentenced to 3 years 6 months and 15 days of imprisonment for the accused crimes.

Linguist Necmiye Alpay was a member of the Consulting Board of Publishing at Özgür Gündem. She was arrested at August 2016 along with the publishing board members and the employees of the paper after the paper was shut down. She was detained for 120 days. She was released at the first hearing of the case and acquitted at the end of the trial.

Nedim Türfent started journalism in 2012 at the Dİcle News Agency (DİHA), which has been shut down by a decree law. In May 2016, he was taken into custody in Van. He was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison on the charge of “being a member of an organization.” The verdict was approved by the Court of Cassation on Oct. 8, 2019. His individual appeal to the Constitutional Court is ongoing. He has been detained since May 13, 2016 in Van F Type High Security Prison.

Erdemir was the correspondent and editor for the Özgür Gündem Newspaper. Detained in December 2018 for the “KCK press” investigation, she spent 2.5 year in pretrial detention. She is still on trial on the charge of “being an executive of an organization.”

She was a columnist at Zaman Daily. She was on pre-trial detention for 75 days within the scope of Zaman Newspaper Main Case. She was accused of being a coup plotter and terror. She is acquitted of all of the accusations against her.

He was a reporter with the Dicle News Agency (DİHA), later shuttered by a Decree Law under the State of Emergency. He also worked as a reporter for the newspaper Prestij based in Van.
On December 20th, 2011, he was detained in Istanbul, under the scope of the investigation generally known as “KCK Press” case. On December 24th, 2011, he was arrested and stayed in prison until November 16th, 2012. He is charged with “membership of an armed terrorist organization”, and faces a prison sentence between 7 years 6 months and 15 years.

Ömer Çelik is an editor for the Mesopotamia News Agency. He was also a reporter for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA), which has since been closed. He has been pending trial from 3 separate cases on the charges of “being a member of an illegal organization”, “making propaganda for an organization” and “identifying people who took charge in fighting against terrorism as targets.”

Orhan Erinç was a columnist and the concessionaire of Cumhuriyet newspaper. He began his journalistic career in the 1950s. Erinç was sentenced to six years and three months in prison during the Cumhuriyet trial. The Court of Appeal upheld the sentence, and Erinç’s lawyers appealed to the Court of Cassation, which in turn reversed the decision. However, in the subsequent retrial, another court decided to reinstate the prison sentence that had been overturned by the Court of Cassation.

Pelin Ünker started working as a reporter at the Cumhuriyet Newspaper in 2008, then continued her reporting at the Hürriyet’s and Deutsche Welle’s Berlin offices in 2012. Ünker’s caricatures were published in humor magazines such as Penguen, Uykusuz and the Cumhuriyet Newspaper. She received an award from the Progressive Journalists Association for her reporting on the Paradise Papers.

Pınar Gayıp is a reporter working for Etkin News Agency (ETHA). She was prosecuted with the charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.” She was arrested on April 19, 2018. She was then released on June 13, 2019 upon the verdict of a house arrest and a travel ban.

He was an editor at Dicle News Agency, shuttered by a Decree Law during the State of Emergency. Under the case popularly known as “KCK Press Trial”, he was arrested on December 24th, 2011 on charges of “establishing and leading an armed terrorist organization”. He was released on May 12th, 2014 after spending two and a half years in prison. His trial continues, and he faces a prison sentence between 15 years and 22 years, 6 months.

Academic, writer. He was sentenced to 8 years 9 months of imprisonment for “membership of an armed terrorist organisation”, within the scope of the trial against the writers and executives of Zaman Daily. The court made history by resisting Constitutional Court’s decision for the release of Alpay due to violation of rights. Appeal Court, approved the imprisonment sentence much after Constitutional Court’s decision. Court of Cassation is expected to conclude the appeal examination.

Academic, rights advocate, forensic scientist. She took part in the Co-Editor-in-Chief on Duty campaign to show solidarity with the Özgür Gündem Daily, against the investigations the paper was facing and to defend the press freedom. She was kept in prison for 10 days in the scope of the investigation opened against her for the articles published during her term as Editor-in-Chief on Duty. She was acquitted of all of the accusations at the 11th hearing of the case at July 17th, 2019, at Istanbul 13th Assize Court, where she was tried along with Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin with the accusations of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation”. However objections were filed against this decision of acquittal.

Sefer Selvi is a caricaturist. He was prosecuted for his caricatures about the “Paradise Papers” which were leaked documents that revealed politicians were evading taxes through off-shore accounts. He was sentenced to pay 10,000 TL to then Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım as compensation.

Semiha Alankuş was the editor for the Dicle News Agency and she remained in pretrial detention for 29 months within the case known as the “KCK Press.” Alankuş is on trial for “being the executive of an illegal organization.”

He was a Correspondent and USA Representative for Zaman Newspaper which got shut down. 3 times aggravated life imprisonment punishment was asked for him in the scope of the trial which is known as FETÖ Main Media Case. However he was abroad when the investigations commenced.

Şirin Kabakçı has been working as a journalist since 1990. He worked for the Cihan News Agency and the Zaman Newspaper. He was the Konya regional correspondent for the Newspaper. He remained in pretrial detention for a year and 7 months on charges of “being a member of a terrorist organization”, “defamation” and “violation of confidentiality.” His trial goes on.

Danish citizen freelance journalist. Writer at Berlingske Daily, based in Copenhagen. A lawsuit was opened against her for sharing a Danish politicians social media post in her personal account for “making propaganda for a terrorist organization through media”. Based on one social media publication she was sentenced to 1 year 3 months of imprisonment. The deferred sentence will be taken to the appeal court.

Turhan Günay was the editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper’s book review supplement. He was prosecuted in the Cumhuriyet trial and accused of “aiding a terrorist organization.” He was imprisoned for 9 months. The Constitutional Court ruled that his rights were violated. Günay was acquitted. During his 50-year journalism career he was subjected to 787 trials.

Ufuk Emin Köroğlu is a journalist. He worked for the Sabah Newspaper as a reporter. After the foundation of the Karşı Newspaper, he worked as a reporter for the Karşı Newspaper’s website. He is a fugitive defendant in the Karşı trial.

Yücel Arı was the news coordinator of the Sözcü newspaper’s online news portal. He is pending trial for “aiding an organization knowingly and willingly, although he does not belong to that structure” within the scope of the trial of Sözcü Newspaper. At the end of the trials he was sentenced to 1 year 13 months of imprisonment for the accused crimes.

Correspondent for Fırat News Agency (ANF) and Birgün Newspaper. She was detained on December 24th, 2011 under the scope of the investigation widely known as the “KCK Press” case. She was held under arrest until April 26th, 2013. She is charged with “membership of an armed terrorist organization” and the prosecutor requests a prison sentence between 7 years 6 months to 15 years. Her trial continues.