Journalist Faruk Arhan was accused of “insulting the president through his social media posts. He was acquitted. Due to the objection of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attorneys, the decision was taken to the appeal court. The acquittal decision was overruled. He was sentenced to 1 year 2 months 17 days of imprisonment for “insulting the President”

Faruk Eren is a journalist and a writer. Faruk Eren supported the “Editors-In-Chief on Watch” campaign organised in solidarity with the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper. Eren was placed under investigation over the news articles published on 5 May 2016 when he acted as the newspaper’s editor-in-chief. He was charged with “terrorist organisation propaganda”, “praising offences and offenders” and “inciting others to commit crimes”. The prosecution demanded that Eren be sentenced to imprisonment of between eighteen months and 12 years. He was sentenced to imprisonment of fifteen months on the charge of “terrorist organisation propaganda by means of the media.” His sentence was postponed.

He was the editor-in-chief of Evrensel Daily. In 2017, he was tried for writing about the allegations regarding President Tayyip Erdoğan’s family’s business affairs abroad, which were covered in the international press. He was accused of “publicly insulting the President”. He was requested to be sentenced to, from one year two months to four years eight months of imprisonment. At the end of the trial, he was acquitted. in 2010, he was tried for making news of the talk between the then Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and President of the Constitutional Committee Burhan Kuzu. he was accused of “Violation of Confidentiality of Communication”. He faced from two years to five years of imprisonment. At the end of the trial, he was acquitted.

He’s been a journalist since 1996. He is being tried for criticising President Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement regarding the economical measures taken against coronavirus pandemic in Turkey, through his social media post. He is accused of “intentionally damaging the reputation, prestige or assets of a bank or disseminating inaccurate news” according to the Banking Law. He is requested; to be sentenced to, from one year to three years of imprisonment and to be fined, from one thousand days to two thousand days of judiciary fine. At the first hearing, the court accepted the indictment prepared for the accusation of “insulting the President”, against him through the same social media post. He is released pending trial.

She was the news manager at Dicle News Agency (DİHA), which was closed down by a decree law under the State of Emergency. She was arrested on December 24th, 2011 as part of an investigation known to the public as the “KCK Press”. She was detained until September 27th, 2013. On charges of “membership of an armed terrorist organization”, she faces 7.5 to 15 years of imprisonment. Her trial continues.

Fehim Işık is a journalist and a writer. Fehim Işık supported the “Editors-In-Chief on Watch” campaign organised in solidarity with the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper. An investigation commenced concerning Işık over the news articles published on 15 May 2016 when he acted as the newspaper’s editor-in-chief. The indictment charged Işık with “terrorist organisation propaganda”, “praising offences and offenders” and “publicly inciting others to commit crime”. The prosecution demanded that Işık be sentenced to imprisonment of between eighteen months and 12 years. Işık was sentenced to imprisonment of fifteen months on the charge of “terrorist organisation propaganda by means of the media”. His sentence was postponed. The court of appeals approved the imprisonment sentence on 15 September 2020.

Bloomberg HT reporter. In August 2018, he was accused of “giving false, wrong or deceptive information, tell rumors, give notices, make comments or prepare reports or distribute them in order to affect the prices of capital market instruments, their values or the decisions of investors” with his social media posts regarding the economical crisis and value loss in Turkish Lira. He was requested to be sentenced to, from three years to five years of imprisonment according to the Capital Market Law. He is released pending trial.

Ferhat Parlak is the licensee of and correspondent for Silvan Mücadele Gazetesi newspaper published locally in Diyarbakır. He was detained on 11 April 2018. He was placed in custody on the charge of “membership of an armed terrorist organisation” on 13 April 2018. In the indictment dated 19 April 2019, the prosecution demanded that Parlak be sentenced to imprisonment of between seven years and six months and 15 years on the same charge.

He was released at the first hearing of the trial on 8 July 2019 after spending approximately 15 months in prison. At the end of the trial process, which lasted approximately 20 months, the court rejected the case on 7 December 2020. The ruling was grounded on the fact that another trial was conducted on the same charge with the same evidence which resulted in acquittal.

Koçali was a writer of the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper and a member of its Editorial Consulting Board. She was charged with “terrorist organisation propaganda”, “praising offences and offenders” and “publicly inciting people to commit crime” over one of her published articles on 8 March 2016. Along with newspaper’s other writers and co-executive editors, the prosecution demanded that Koçali be sentenced to imprisonment of between 18 months and 12 years.

Koçali was charged over her three published articles as part of the trial publicly known as the “Özgür Gündem Newspaper Main Court Case”, which charged the newspaper’s managers and writers. Koçali was charged with “disruption of the unity and territorial integrity of the state”, “membership of an armed terrorist organisation” and “terrorist organisation propaganda”. The prosecution demanded one aggravated life sentence and an imprisonment sentence of between 15 years and 32 years for Koçali. The case files were separated due to Koçali being abroad and her defensive statement not having been submitted. The trial is currently underway in absentia.