He was the concessionaire and managing editor of the Özgür Gündem newspaper closed down with a decree law during the State of Emergency. He was taken under custody on December 20th, 2011, under the investigation popularly known as “KCK Press Trial” and released on February 8th, 2013. Çiçekçi is charged with “membership of an armed terror organization” and “violating the Law on Meetings and Protest Rallies”, facing 10 to 19 years in prison in total. He was sentenced to 3 years 9 months in a separate case where he was charged with “spreading propaganda for a terror organization”. The appeal procedure concerning this trial continues at Court of Cassation. He stands trial in other courts for “spreading propaganda for a terror organization”.