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 Çaralan is a columnist for Evrensel newspaper. İhsan Çaralan acted as the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper’s editor-in-chief in solidarity. An investigation was launched concerning him after he assumed this duty for a day on 31 May 2016. He was charged with “publicly inciting others to commit crime”, “praising offences and offenders” and “terrorist organisation propaganda” and an indictment was prepared. In total, the prosecution demanded that Çaralan be sentenced to imprisonment of between eighteen months and 12 years. He was sentenced to imprisonment of fifteen months at the end of the trial. In addition, Çaralan was put on trial over a news item published the same day on the charge of “defamation of the president”. He was sentenced to imprisonment of one year, 20 days over this charge. The pronouncement of the judgment concerning these two sentences were delayed.

İhsan Duran Dağı was a writer for the now-closed Zaman newspaper. As part of the investigation concerning the managers and writers of Zaman newspaper, he was detained on charges of “membership of an armed terrorist organisation” on 27 July 2016. He was released pending trial by the prosecutor’s office without being appearing before the court on 30 July 2016. The indictment charged him with “attempting to destroy the constitutional order”, “attempting to destroy the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT)” and “attempting to destroy the Government of the Republic of Turkey” by means of coercion and violence and “membership of an armed terrorist organisation”. The prosecution demanded that Dağı be sentenced to three aggravated life sentences and imprisonment of between seven years and six months and 15 years. He was acquitted of all charges at the end of the trial process, on 6 July 2016.

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.

İnan Kızılkaya was the managing editor-in-chief of the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper. He was held in custody for 441 days as part of the case file publicly known as the Özgür Gündem Main Court Case. Approximately 100 lawsuits were filed against Kızılkaya due to his position in the newspaper. 38 separate case files concerning Kızılkaya were merged with the Özgür Gündem Main Court Case.

The Ankara Representative of Tele 1 TV. He was detained on June 8th, 2020 under an investigation launched by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office about a non-commissioned officer in December 2019. He was released pending trial on June 11th, 2020. In the indictment, he was accused of “disclosing confidential information about the state in a continuous manner”. He faces six years, three months to 17 years, six months in prison. The trial against him continues and he is not under arrest.

He worked for Dicle News Agency, closed down by a decree law under the State of Emergency, as well as other media outlets such as Fırat News Agency (ANF), Birgün, Cumhuriyet, Radikal and Rudaw. He was arrested on December 24th, 2011 as part of an investigation known to the public as the “KCK Press Trial”. Until February 8th, 2013, he was detained pending trial. He faces 7.5 to 15 years in prison on charges of “membership of an armed terrorist organization.” His trial continues. At the first hearing of the case on September 2, 2020, after being incarcerated for almost 6 months, he was released to pend trial.

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.