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Journalists Arrested in Major Clampdown 2016-17-18-19

Editors/journalists who are wanted, arrested, imprisoned, accused, convicted or acquitted

Ababey-Turan	Karşı newspaper former owner. Charged with “knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization without being its member.”
Abdulkadiroglu-Abdullah	Samanyolu TV. Left the country according to AA (1). Investigatied for beeing member of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)
Açar-Ali
Acar-Mustafa-Erkan	Former editor for the shuttered newspaper Zaman. Sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on March 8, 2018 for beeing member of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Acar-Cihan	Photojournalist with the defunct daily newspaper Bugün. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months. Have been sentenced to 5 months in prison on charge of "degrading the judicial bodies of the state" as per the Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK).
Acar-Süleyman	Mücadele Birliği editor in chief
Ağın-Ömer	Journalist Özgür Gündem
Akarçeşme-Sevgi	Daily Zaman columnist
Akalan-Fatih	Samanyolu News Tv commentator. Left the country according to AA (1)
Akbas-Erhan	Editor of the Van-based Gazete Yaşam
Akbay-Burak	Founder of daily Sözcü. Has left the country, stands accused of being a leader of a terrorist organisation. An arrest warrant the court issued for Akbay is still in place by February 2020
Akdeniz-Bahadır	Editor
Akdeniz-Lezgin	Mezopotamya News Agency journalist. was sentenced to one year and 3 months in jail on charge of terrorist propaganda. The court, later, suspended the sentence on the condition that Akdeniz does not commit the specified crime within the next 5 years.
Akdoğan-Mehmet	Yeni Yaşam newspaper
Akgün-Cevdet	The former managing editor of the Zonguldak-based daily Halkın Sesi. A higher court upheld a 5-month prison sentence he was given on the charge of “insulting a public official.”
Akgül-Öncü	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Was given 15-month suspended sentences on Wednesday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda
Akgün-Cevdet	Local journalist based in Zonguldak, who was admitted to prison on 9 January 2020 to serve a 5-month sentence he had been given on the charge of “insulting a public official,” was released three days later, on 12 January, under probation.
Akgül-Uğur	Former reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency (DİHA),
Akin-Arda	Journalist for the daily newspaper Hürriyet. Charges with "aiding an armed terrorist organization knowingly and willingly without being a member,"
Akin-Dogan	The founder and editor-in-chief of the news portal T24, and one of the founding members of P24. Stand trial on the charge of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.”
Akin-Osman	The former responsible managing editor of Yeni Yaşam daily. Was sentenced to 5 months in prison on 9 January 2020. Accused of “systematically spreading terrorism propaganda.” 24 Januray convicted of “systematically spreading propaganda for a terrorist group” and sentenced him to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in prison.
Akkan-Faruk	The general director of the Cihan News Agency
Akkaşoğlu-Alaaddin	The owner of Karşı newspaper website karşıgazete.com. Charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”
Akkuş-Ali	Editor for Zaman newspaper. Akkus is accused of “being a member of an armed terrorist organisation." Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - "being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Akman-Nuri	Was charged with "membership of a terrorist organization" and "espionage" and was acquitted at the hearing that took place at the Hatay 2nd Heavy Penal Court on 1 March 2019
Aksoy-Gunay	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material
Aksoy-Murat	Former columnist for the newspaper Yeni Şafak. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.”- "knowingly and willingly aiding a [terrorist] organization," 25 months; free considering time served.
Akyuz-Seyithan	Correspondent for the Kurdish-language daily Azadiya Welat (Homeland's Freedom)
Alayumat- Erdoğan	Dihaber internet reporter/ photographer. Was charged with "membership of a terrorist organization" and "espionage" and was acquitted at the hearing that took place at the Hatay 2nd Heavy Penal Court on 1 March 2019.
Aksel-Hakan	TRT producer-director*
Aktas-Eda	Was a reporter for Evrensel. Aharge of “violating the Law on Demonstrations and Public Marches”
Akyüz-Seyithan	Azadiya Welat Adana bureau chief
Alağaş-Safiye	Feminist news collective JinNews’ news director. The court acquitted Alağaş of the charges against her, ruling that the elements of the alleged offense were not present.
Alankuş-Semiha	Yeni Yaşam newspaper. Charged of “membership in a terrorist group.”
Albayrak-Ayla	Sentenced to two years and one month in prison in retaliation for her reporting on clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish separatists in the country's southeast. A Turkish court on 13 November 2018 overturned a verdict against Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak that sentenced her to two years, one month in prison on charges of engaging in terrorist propaganda in support of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Alci-Nagehan Semiha	Columnist for the HaberTürk newspaper
Algül-Miktat	Mezitli FM broadcast coordinator
Alkan-Ahmet Turan	Zaman. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Alpay-Şahin	Former columnist for the shuttered newspaper Zaman. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Altan-Ahmet Hüsrev	Founding editor of the daily newspaper Taraf
Altan-Ahmet	The court convicted Atan of “publicly insulting the memory of Atatürk” and gave him a 1-year prison sentence. The sentence was increased by half on the grounds that it had been “committed through the press.” The court suspended the sentence. Ahmet Altan was acquitted on 17 September 2019 of “insulting a public official” Read more.........
Altan-Berivan	Reporter for Mezopotamya news agency
Altan-Mehmet	Broadcast Reporter, Columnist/Commentator. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” on 4 November 2019, at the end of the retrial of the “coup” case against him. The court ruled to release him, taking into consideration the time they spent in pre-trial detention.
Altan-Serder	Journalist
Altay-Veysi	Nû Jîn (New Life) director. Was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of “conducting propaganda for a terrorist organisation.
Altayli-Faih	Former Editor-in-Chief and Habertürk daily columnist
Altıntaş-Mustafa	Former TRT employee
Arapkirli-Zafer	Acquitted of “insult” charge.
Arhan-Faruk	Sentenced to a jail term of six months and seven days for “degrading the state of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish nation, and the organs and institutions of the state” in his social media posts.
Ari-Yûsel	Daily Sözcü website news coordinator. Sentenced to sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,”
Arslan-Adem-Yavuz	Former editor of the shuttered daily Zaman
Arslan-Metin	Bugün reporter*
Arslan-Polat	Gün Matbaacılık employee*
Aşikar-Ali	Reporter for the kurdish-language daily newspaper Azadiya Welat
Aslan-Arif	Dicle Medya News Agency (Dihaber) journalist. Charged with “membership in a terrorist organization.”
Aslan-Aslı-Ceren	Özgür Gelecek *
Aslan-Asli-Ceren	Özgür Gelecek. Editor, Internet Reporter, Photographer, Print reporter. Was ordered arrested on Feb. 21, 2017 after she was detained on charges of “border violation” and “being a member of an [illegal] organization”.
Atabey-Ergin	Özgür Gündem newspaper
Atalay-Akin	Cumhuriyet Foundation chair. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years.
Ataman-Ziya	Reporter for DİHA. Sentenced to 14 years and 3 months in prison on the charge of “terrorist group membership”
Atasever-Cavit	Former TRT employee.
Atmaca-Vildan	Dicle News Agency reporter.
Avci-Ali	Fimmaker.
Avcı-Gültekin	Columnist/Commentator.
Avras-Mücahit	Artı TV journalist.
Avşar-Seyhan	Cumhuriyet reporter. Charge of “making those involved in the fight against terrorism a target”
Ay-Mehmet-Ali
Ayata-Muzaffer	Özgür Gündem newspaper
Aydemir-Omer-Faruk	News editor for the right-wing İhlas News Agency (İHA)
Aydemir-Serkan	Bitlis Aktüel reporter
Aydin-Rojda	Jin news reporter
Aydin-Huseyin	Former military affairs reporter for the shuttered Cihan News Agency. Charged of "being members of an armed terrorist organization," Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges.
Aydın-İbrahim	The publisher of BirGün
Aydın-Melike	Jin News reporter. Was sentenced to 15 months in prison on the charge of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization.” Was released from İzmir Aliağa Şakran Closed Women’s Prison on 30 January 2020.
Aydın-Ibrahim	The publisher of BirGün daily. Was given a prison sentence of 11 months and 20 days in a trial where he was accused of “insulting the president”.
Aydogmus-Elif	Özgür Gündem journalist
Aydoğmuş-Mehmet	The chief editor of the shuttered Karşı newspaper. Charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”
Aygül-Sinan	Editor-in-chief of the loconvictedcal newspaper Bitlis News. The Tatvan 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance Aygül at the end of the hearing, sentencing him to 10 months in prison. The sentence was not suspended
Aykol-Hüseyin	Özgür Gündem editor and writer. Centenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison for “terrorism propaganda” and “overtly praising crime and criminal” charges. Convicted of “insulting the president”. Convicted of the “propaganda” charge and sentenced them to a total of 14 years and 3 months in prison. The court deferred the sentences of six defendants while Akyol, Can and Kocakaya’s sentences were not deferred. 22 May: sentenced to 2 years, 1 month for "terror propaganda."

Bağdat-Hayko
Bakir-Deniz	Editor in chief of the Atılım newspaper. Accused of “membership in a terrorist group.”
Balci-Bayram
Balta-Halil-Ibrahim	A business reporter for the daily newspaper Yarına Bakış. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Baran-Doğan	Odak magazine owner, managing editor*
Baransu-Mehmet	Former columnist and correspondent for the daily Taraf. Is charged with “possession of documents classified as state secrets,” “exposing classified information crucial to state security and interests” and allegedly “damaging, procuring or stealing documents concerning the security of the state or using said documents outside their intended purpose”
Bas-Kenan	Former reporter for the shuttered daily Zaman,
Basak-Hasan	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Charges of “praising crime and criminal,” “incitement to commit crimes” and “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization”
Bayram-İsmail-Gökhan	One of the owners of the television channel Hayatın Sesi TV.
Bayramoglu-Bengu-Asli
Baysal-Enver
Baysal-Nurcan	Journalist and author. Accused of “openly inciting the public to hatred and animosity” through her social media posts.
Başlangıç-Celal	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Was given 15-month suspended sentences on Wednesday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda
Batumlu-Yase	Özgür Gündem columnist. Sentenced to 1 year, 3 months “ for terrorism propaganda”.
Bektaş-Hüseyin	Özgür Gündem reporter. Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison
Belge-Murat	Former columnist for the now-shuttered daily newspaper Taraf. On 3 March 2017 he vas acquitted of charges of "insulting the president,"
Benli-Fırat	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material
Berktay-Ayse	Özgür Gündem columnist. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Beyhan-Mustafa	Former TRT employee
Bila-Berivan	Journalism student. Charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Bilen-Adnan	Reporter for the Mezopotamya News Agency. Convicted of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” and gave him a prison sentence of 1 year and 10 months. Charge of “insulting the president”.
Böken-Ali-Ahmet	TRT News coordinator
Boltan-Hakkı	Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) Spokesperson. Charges of “insulting the president” and “insulting a public official”
Boysal-Ali-Babür	Zaman page designer
Bozkurt-Abdullah	Bureau-chief of Today's Zaman. Charged with “knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization without being its member.”
Bzokurt-Hasan	Bugün reporter*
Bozkurt-Kemal	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Bozkurt-Mehmet	Karşı newspaper responsible managing editor.
Bozkurt-Orhan-Ceyhun	Aydınlık newspaper’s news editor. Charged with “disclosing confidential information relating to the security of the state” and “obtaining classified information relating to the security of the state.”
Bozkurt-Özgür	Gün Matbaacılık employee.
Bulaç-Ali	Former columnist for the shuttered daily newspaper Zaman. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Büyükşahin-Veli	TV10 executive. Have been behind bars for a year (by 1 january 2019) without an indictment.
Bozkurt- Kemal	Özgür Gündem journalist

Caglar-Ergin	Reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency (MA). Was arrested on 16 August 2019 at the Mersin Courthouse. The court acquitted the journalist on 5 December 2019.
Çakmakçı-Mehmet
Çaksu-Ersin	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material
Can-Celalettin	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Convicted of the “propaganda” charge and sentenced them to a total of 14 years and 3 months in prison. The court deferred the sentences of six defendants while Akyol, Can and Kocakaya’s sentences were not deferred. 22 May 2019: have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Candemir-Oktay	Journalist.
Canlan-Kazım	Former news director for the Ankara bureau of the shuttered Cihan news agency,
Canozer-Gazeteci-Beritan	Journalist. Charge of “membership in a terrorist group” as per Article 314/2 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and Article 5 of the Law on the Fight against Terror (TMK),
Capan- Murat	Soldiers guarding Turkey's border with Greece captured Murat Çapan, theformer news editor for the shuttered monthly publication Nokta. Gündem newspape former responsible managing editor
Çapan-Reyhan	Özgür Gündem managing editor. Sentenced to 3 years, 9 months for "teror propaganda."
Çaralan-Ihsan	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Convicted of “insulting the president”
Çay-Mizgin	Radyo Karacadağ
Çaygeç-Cumali	TRT Şeş news director*
Celebi-Mehmet-Ali	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi editor. Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison. Mehmet Ali Çelebi was also convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” and given a prison sentence of 3 years and 9 months.
Çelik-Kubilay	Antropolog magazine responsible managing editor
Çelik-Ömer	Former news editor for DİHA. Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Çelik-Önder	Former Cumhuriyet Foundation executive
Cemal-Hasan	Columnist for the news website T24 and the founding president of P24 Platform for Independent Journalism
Çetin-Cihangir	Former TRT employee
Çetin-Gökhan	Hayatın Sesi TV's general director
Cetin-Mustafa	Internet editor of Sözcü newspaper. Sentenced to 3 years and 4 months for “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,”
Çetin-Yakup	Former court reporter for the shuttered dailies Zaman and Yeni Hayat. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Ceyhan-Bülent	Özgür Düşünce reporter. Left the country according to AA (1)
Ceyhan-Barış	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi employee
Çiftçi-Ferhat	Azadiya Welat Gaziantep bureau chief
Çetinkaya-Hikmet	Columnist Cumhuriyet. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years.
Çetinkaya-Tuncer	A court in the southern city of Antalya sentenced to prison Tuncer Çetinkaya, a former reporter for the shuttered outlets Zaman newspaper and Cihan News Agency, for 7 years and 6 months on charges of "being a member of a [terrorist] organisation
Çiçek-Selman	Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Cicekci-Ziya	Former publisher of Özgür Gündem. Faces a prison term of more than 100 years in the 14 cases combined
Cimen-Ali
Çoban-İsmail	Former Azadiya Welat managing editor. Was given a 5-year prison sentence on 21 November 2018 at the final hearing of his trial on the “propaganda” charge. Accused of “membership of a terrorist group” and sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
Coban-Murat-Sevki	Tarat responsible managing editor. Accused of “obtaining classified documents” and “exposing secret information pertaining to the security of state,”
Colasan-Emin	Daily Sözcü columnist. Sentenced to 3 years, 6 months and 15 days for “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,”
Cölgecen-Mutlu	Former news coordinator for the shuttered daily newspaper Millet. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Çongar-Yasemin	Former Taraf executives.
Çorlu-Suat	Member of the central executive board of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP)
Contepe- Bilge	Özgür Gündem newspaper journalist. Accused of terrorism-related charges,
Coşkun-Canan	Cumhuriyet court reporter. Accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a 2015 reportheadlined "Erdoğan ordered, journalism arrested," The court ruled for the acquittal of the reporter, stating that her act does not constitute a crime according to the relevant law.
Coşkun-Alev	Publisher and chair of the board of Cumhuriyet Foundation
Çulhaoğlu- Gökçe Fırat	Türksolu columnist. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges.
Çümen-Harun	Former responsible managing editor of the shuttered daily Zaman. Sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization” at the final hearing of his trial on 18 July 2019.
Custan-Havva	ETHA reporter. Havva Cuştan are standing trial on terrorism-related charges

Dağ-Servet	Former TRT employee
Dağdeviren-Murat	Publisher, chief editor, and columnist for shuttered local newspaper Demokrat Gebze
Dagi-Ihsan	Zaman newspaper
Dal-Esra-Solin	Mezopotamya News Agency journalists. Charged of "being a member of a terrorist organisation" and "doing journalism against the state" and the prosecutor demanded a prison term between 7.5 and 15 years for the journalist.
Damar-Mehmet Sıddık	DİHA
Dayan-Arafat	Former editor-in-chief of the pro-Kurdish weekly Demokratik Ulus newspaper
Demirtaş-Sadettin	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Daşdöğen-Kemal	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Dayan- Arafat	Demokratik Ulus
Demirağ-Yavuz-Selim	Columnist for Yeniçağ newspaper. Is charged with “insult.”
Demir-Ayhan	Çaldıran haber ajansı
Demir-Beytullah	Former advertising executive for the shuttered Zaman daily. An appellate court in Istanbul on 5 December ruled to release Beytullah Demir
Demir-Emin	Freelancer
Demir-Ergun	Chief editor of Akatos Haber, a local news website in northwestern Kocaeli province,
Demir-Hakan	Editor of the online edition of BirGün daily. The grounds for Demir’s arrest was “the way in which a news item posted on the newspaper’s online edition was shared on Twitter.”
Demir-Hayri	Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reporter
Demir- Kemal	Former camera operator for TV10
Demir-Mürsel	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Demir-Necla	The publisher of the Turkish news site Gazete Karınca. Was acquitted of “systematically disseminating terrorism propaganda” on 11 October 2019.
Demir-Ruken	Reported for the Mezopotamya news agency
Demir-Sadık	Chairman of the board of Fırat Press Broadcast. Radyo Karacadağ
Demir-Şahabettin	DİHA reporter
Demirci-Adil	ETHA reporter. Has been in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges since April 2018.
Demirel-Cayan	Filmaker. Charged with “propaganda.” Sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison on the charge of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist group”
Demirhan-Ali Ergin	Sendika.Org editor. Has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison on the charge of “insulting the president.”
Demirkiran-Amine
Demirtaş-Sadettin	DİHA reporter
Dilbahar-Hamit	Azadiya Welat columnist
Diler-Fatih-Gökhan	The responsible managing editor of the news portal Diken.
.Dink-Hrant	Was managing editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos
Direk-Emrah	From the shuttered Karşı newspaper. Charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”
Dogan-Aysegul	Former program coordinator for the shuttered television station İMC TV. Charged with “establishing or leading an armed organization,”
Doğan-Rıfat	Reporter for the news portal Artı Gerçek. Doğan is accused of “recording or broadcasting audio or visual material during an investigation or a trial without authorization.”
Dogan-Zehra	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Jin News Agency (JİNHA), which is staffed entirely by women-in Nusaybin, in Turkey's southeastern Mardin Province.
Dogru-Necati	Daily Sözcü columnist. . Sentenced to 3 years, 6 months and 15 days for “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,”
Doğru-Rojhat	Journalist formerly with the northern Iraq outlet Gali Kurdistan TV. The charges against Doğru in the case file are “disrupting the unity of the state” and “willful injury.”
Dokgöz- Burçin	former Zaman and Çorum reporter
Dolan-Mazlum	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), was detained by the police while working in the Sur District of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey, on February 19, 2016
Dönmez-Ahmet	Former Zaman reporter. Left the country according to AA (1)
Dönmez-Yener	Habervaktim news website
Duman- Hasan	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi distributor
Duman-Hatice	Former owner and news editor of the socialist weekly Atılım (Leap)
Dumanli-Ekrem
Dundar-Can	Editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet
Dündar-Uğur	Journalist and a columnist of the secularist Sözcü newspaper. Sentence to 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting Binali Yıldırım.
Duran-Metin	Former employee of Radyo Rengin
Duran-Yusuf	Former page designer for the mainstream daily Vatan
Durna-Nuri	TRT
Duran-Ragıp	Özgür Gündem reporter. Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison
Dursun-Mehmet	Former correspondent for the shuttered pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), accused of “membership in a terrorist organization” .
Düzkan-Ayşe	Özgür Gündem reporter. Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison

Ekici-Burak	Former editor for the online edition of the socialist daily Birgün
Elaldı-Önder	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material
Emeç-Hülya	Former reporter for DİHA
Engin-Aydın	Columnist Cumhuriyet. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years.
Enis-Berberoğlu	Former editor of the daily newspaper Hürriyet. Accused of being a terrorist organization that maintains a "parallel state structure" within Turkey and of orchestrating the July 15 failed coup attempt. Sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 25 years, on espionage charges
Erbil-Halil İbrahim	Freelance journalist
Erbekler-Salih	Radyo Karacadağ
Ercis-Emre	Karşı newspaper reporter. Charged with “knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization without being its member.”
Erdal-Hanım Büşra	Zaman reporter and columnist. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Erden-Hasan-Basri	Former TRT employee
Erdem-Eren	Worked as a journalist while he was editor-in-chief of the Karşı daily.Accused of “aiding a terrorist organization without membership in it,” “revealing the identity of a secret witness” and “violating the confidentiality of a criminal investigation”
Erdem-Kemal	Former TRT employee.
Erdinc-Cengiz	Given a 10-month prison sentence and an additional judicial fine of TL 16,000 over an article he penned for the Yurt newspaper. Guilty of “damaging the reputation” of Ziraat Bank. The court suspended the sentence on the grounds that Erdinç “has shown remorse.”
Erdogan-Asli	Novelist
Erdogan-Caglas	Freelance photographer. Acquitted of “insulting the president”. Sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in prison on the charge of “systematically disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” and acquitted him of the “membership in a terrorist group” charge as per the prosecutor’s final opinion.
Eren-Faruk	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Was given 15-month suspended sentences on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda while serving as the symbolic editor-in-chief
Ergül-Haydar	Demokratik Modernite editor.
Erinç-Orhan	Columnist Cumhuriyet. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years.
Erol-Mehmet	Press advisor
Ersan-İsmail	Anatolia news agency
Ergün-Hakan	Azadiya Welat and Özgür Gündem distributor
Ersin-Tamer-Arda	Anayurt newspaper reporter
Esendemir-Kutlu	The shuttered Karşı newspaper general coordinator. Accused of knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization without being its member.”
Sadiye-Eser	Reporter for Mezopotamya news agency (MA).
Eskin-Ismail	Former journalist for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA)
Evren-İsmail	The final hearing in the trial of jailed journalist İsmail Evren on the charge of “membership of a terrorist group” took place on 15 January 2020 at the 29th High Criminal Court of Istanbul. The court sentenced Evren to 6 years and 3 months in prison on the charge of “membership of an armed terrorist organization” under Article 314/2 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and ruled to release him pending the conclusion of the appeal process.
Evren-Kibriye	Jin News correspondent.Charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” and “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization.”

Fendik-Mizgin	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material

Gayıp-Pınar	ETHA reporter
Gezici-Aytekin	Journalist/writer
Göçer-Kazım	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Gök-Abdurrahman	Editor for Dihaber
Gök-Mustafa	Ankara bureau chief for Ekmek ve Adalet magazine
Gökdemir-Nurcan	Birgün daily correspondant. Accused of ''defaming'' Erdoğan
Gökşen-Furkan	Reporter for the local newspaper Detay Haber. Accused of “violating the confidentiality of an investigation”
Göktaş-Mustafa	Özgür Gündem Şanlıurfa reporter
Gökkılıç-Mustafa	Former reporter for Habertürk TV. He was among 24 people sought as part of a criminal investigation concerning 2012’s “MİT crisis,”
Göktürk-Gulay
Gökkılıç-Mustafa	Former reporter for Habertürk TV
Görüryılmaz-Turan	Can Erzincan TV sunucusu, Left the country according to AA (1)
Güçlü-Hüseyin	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison for "terror propaganda."
Gündüz-Hamza	Correspondent for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA). Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Günerigök-Hamza	TRT former news anchor. Can be given up to 15 years in prison for “membership in a terrorist group.”
Gunes-Berzan
Gönültaş-Nuh	Columnist for the shuttered daily Bugün.
Gul-Erdem	The daily’s Ankara bureau chief
Güleç-Veli Haydar	TV10 executive. Charge of “membership in a terrorist organization.”
Gülecan-Mahmut	Özgür Halk magazine responsible managing editor.
Guler-Habip	The shuttered daily Zaman's former parliamentary reporter. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Güler-Yalçın	TRT (Erzurum)
Güles-Mehmet	reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dihaber/DİHA
Güleçyüz-Kazım	Editor-in-chief of Yeni Asya daily. Will stand trial on terrorism charges due to their social media posts and cartoons.
Gulseven-Hakan	Columnist for the Yurt daily. Was imprisoned on 20 Dec. 2018 after failing to pay 31,500 Turkish lira (US$5,974) in three unpaid fines over charges of insult,
Gültekin-Berkant	Birgün editor-in-Chief
Gün-Ercan	News editor for Turkish Fox TV
Günay-Turhan	Journalist and editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet Kitap
Gunes-Berzan	Reporter for Mezopotamya news agency. Convicted of “membership in a terrorist organization” and sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison and acquitted of “disseminating propaganda”
Güneş-Süleyman	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Gündem-Mehmet	Former Milliyet columnist. Sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days for “membership in a terrorist organization” and released pending the appeal process
Gündüz-Hamza	Correspondent for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DIHA). Convicted of "making propaganda of a [terrorist] organization".
Günerigök- Hamza	TRT former news anchor.
Güngör-Mustafa Kemal	Lawyer and foundation board member of Cumhuriyet.Was convicted 25 April 2018 of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced to three years and nine months in jail. Supreme Court of Appeals (Court of Cassation) 16th Penal Chamber has ruled that the execution of the sentences of seven columnists for Cumhuritet shall be suspended and requested the journalists be released.
Gür-Mevlüt	Özgür Toplum journal employee
Gurbuz-Ali	The owner of the then Ülkede Özgür Gündem newspaper. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has concluded that criminal proceedings systematically opened against journalists put pressure on them, make them apply self-censorship and violate freedom of expression.
Gures-Murat	Journalist working for online news sites. Charged for insulting the Turkish police in some posts he shared on social media, and sentenced to one year and two month in prison. Also stand accused of “violating the confidentiality of an investigation”
Gürsel-Kadri	A columnist (Cumhuriyet) and chair of the International Press Institute's Turkish National Committee. Was given prison terms of 2.5 years to 4.5 years on terrorism-related charges.
Guven-Cevheri	Nokta Magazine executive. Convicted to 22 years and 6 months in prison on charges of "provoking the people into armed rebellion against the Republic of Turkey,"
Guven-Oguz	Former editor of the internet website of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet. Sentenced to six months in prison for insulting the Prophet Muhammed by reproducing a cartoon, independent news site T24
Guvenc-Duygu	Journalist.

Hacioglu-Reyhan	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi editor. Sentenced to 1 year, 3 months for "terror propaganda:" Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” and gaiven a prison term of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days.
Hazar-Mahmut	Cihan News Ajansı. Left the country according to AA (1)
Hizarcı-Necat	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Hürtaş-Sibel	Artı TV Ankara bureau chief

Ilicak-Ayşe Nazli	Former columnist for the shuttered daily Özgür Düşünce. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” on 4 November 2019, at the end of the retrial of the “coup” case against her. The court ruled to release her, taking into consideration the time they spent in pre-trial detention.
Ince-Baris	BirGün daily Editorial Board member. Was 8 March 2016 sentenced to 21 months of prison on charge of defaming president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his acrostic plea in the suit brought over insulting Erdoğan and his son bilal Erdoğan. Has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for having insulted the President with his "acrostic defense". The pronouncement of the verdict has been suspended.
İper-Emre	AccountantCumhuriyet . Was convicted 25 April 2018 of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced to Three years, one month, and 15 days in jail. Was placed on probation and banned them from traveling until the appeals process has ended, according to reports.
İş-Abdulvahap	freelance journalist
Işık-Fehim	Journalist Özgür Gündem
İstegün-Aziz	Diyarbakır Zaman representative
İzgi-Nizamettin	Batman newspaper owner

Kabakci-Sirin	Bureau chief of the now closed-down Zaman daily. Stands accused of “membership in a terrorist organization”
Kabas-Sedef	Journalist and television presenter. The Istanbul 26th Criminal Court of First Instance ruled to acquit Kabas in the first hearing of the case, saying the acts of resisting police officers and insulting public officers did not take place.
Kahraman-Yılmaz	Özgür Halk editor
Kala-Onur	Former journalist in the shuttered Karşı newspaper. Charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”
Kalyoncu-Cemal Azmi	Uthor and former columnist for the magazine Aksiyon. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Kanaat-Mahir	accounting director for the daily Birgü
Kanbal-Ahmet	Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reporter. Ahmet Kanbal’s trial on the charge of “systematically spreading terrorism propaganda” over his social media posts resumed on 13 December 2019. The journalist was acquitted at the end of the fourth hearing of the trial, overseen by the 2nd High Criminal Court of Izmir.
Kaplan- Cagdas	The editor-in-chief of the daily Yeni Yaşam. Accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda. Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Kara-Hakan	*Columnist Cumhuriyet.* Along with 7 others they was given prison terms of 2.5 years to 4.5 years on terrorism-related charges. Supreme Court of Appeals (Court of Cassation) 16th Penal Chamber has ruled that the execution of the sentences of seven columnists for Cumhuritet shall be suspended and requested the journalists be released.
Kara-Mustafa	One of the owners of the television channel Hayatın Sesi TV.
Karabulut-Soner	Gazete Fersude reporter
Karaca-Hidayet	Samanyolu Media Group president
Karaca-İrfan	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Karahan-Ziyan	Mezopotamya news agency editor
Karakas-Ishak	Editor of the newspaper Halkın Nabzı. Convicted of the “propaganda” charge and given 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court deferred all sentences.. Convicted of “successively disseminating propaganda for a terrorist group” and sentenced each to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in prison.
Karakaya-Dilşah	Journalist Özgür Gündem
Karan-Ceyda	Cumhuriyet columnist. Sentenced to two years in prison on charges of "insulting people's religious values."
Karatas-Yusuf	Columnist for Evrensel daily. Charge of “establishing and leading a terrorist group.” Karataş faces up to 22.5 years in prison.
Karavil-Kenan	Editor-in-chief of the pro-Kurdish radio station Radyo Dünya in the southern province of Adana,
Karayegen-Ibrahim	Former news editor for the shuttered daily newspapers Zaman and Yeni Hayat. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Kart-Musa	Cartoonist Cumhuriyet. Was convicted 25 April 2018 of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced to three years and nine months in jail. Supreme Court of Appeals (Court of Cassation) 16th Penal Chamber has ruled that the execution of the sentences of seven columnists for Cumhuritet shall be suspended and requested the journalists be released.
Kaya-Abdullah	Reporter for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA). Was released from prison on 30 October 2019 after his lawyer filed for Kaya’s release based on the amendments introduced with the Judicial Reform Package.
Kaya-Aladdin	Zaman newspaper’s former owner
Kaya-Bayram	Former reporter for the daily newspaper Zaman and later Yeni Hayat. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Kaya-Bilir	Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief
Kaya-Cuma	Columnist for the shuttered daily Zaman
Kaya-Musa	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Kaya-Nurullah	Gaziantep Zaman representative
Kaya-Yasir	Former news editor for Fenerbahçe TV. Has been handed down a prison sentence of six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement,
Kaya-Zana	Journalist at the shuttered daily Özgür Gündem. Accused of “publicly degrading the government, the judiciary or the police force” and “publicly degrading the Turkish nation, the Turkish Republic and the Parliament.”
Kayar-Ali-Sönmez	Reporter for the Etkin news agency (ETHA). Accused of “membership in a terrorist group”
Kayar-Sertaç	Freelance journalist. Journalist Sertaç Kayar on 5 February appeared in the second hearing of a trial where he was charged with “propaganda” for his social media posts. At the end of the hearing, the 4th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır acquitted Kayar of the charge although the prosecution requested punishment for the journalist. Source
Kazancı-Murat	The news director for the hardcopy of shuttered Karşı newspaper. Charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”
Kelekçiler-Uğur Selman	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Keles-Selman	Dicle Medya News Agency (Dihaber) reporter. Sentenced to five months in prison each on the charge of “publicly degrading the judicial bodies of the state.”
Kemer-Veysel	Journalist Özgür Gündem
Keser-Özcan	TRT reporter
Keskin-Eren	Özgür Gündem’s former co-editor-in-chief. Sentenced to 3 years, 9 months for "terror propaganda."
Ketenciler-İnan	Journalist. Accused of “insulting the president”.
Kilic-Abdullah	Former columnist for the shuttered daily newspaper Meydan. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Kılıç-Behram	Journalist who previously worked for the now shuttered Aksiyonmagazine and the dailies Zaman and Özgür Düşünce. On trial for "being a member of a [terrorist] organization."
Kılıç-Deniz	Former Batman bureau chief of the shuttered Kurdish-language lewspaper Azadiya Welat
Kılıç- Fahrettin	Özgür Toplum
Kılıç-Seyid	a production technician for news and radio channels of the state broadcaster TRT News. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Kınık-Özden	Former TRT employee
Kirkaya-Kenan	Yeni Yaşam columnist. Sentenced to five months in prison each on the charge of “publicly degrading the judicial bodies of the state.”
Kıroğlu-Hüsamettin	Former TRT employee
Kirti-Murat	Former TRT employee
Kizil-Kazim	Documentary filmmaker. Photojournalist for the website Kamera Sokak. Accused of “insulting the president” and “violating the Law on Protest and Assembly,”
Kizilkaya-Inan	Former Özgür Gündem responsible managing editor. Convicted of “insulting the president”. Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Kobulan-Yasin	Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reporter. Was given a prison sentence of 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in a case where he was accused of “successively disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization.”
Koç-Uğur	BirGün daily’s editor
Kocakaya-Dilşah	Journalist. Convicted of the “propaganda” charge and sentenced them to a total of 14 years and 3 months in prison. The court deferred the sentences of six defendants while Akyol, Can and Kocakaya’s sentences were not deferred.
Koçali-Filiz	Özgür Gündem newspaper journalist. Face “terrorism propaganda” and “overtly praising crime and criminal” charges
Köklü-Sibel	Editor
Kömüş-Mustafa	BirGün daily’s editor
Konukcu-Osman
Korkmaz-Ergun	Owns the newspaper Mavi Didim. Accused of “incitement” for publishing a press statement
Korkut-Yunus-Ozan	Director of a documentary titled “Benim Varoş Hikâyem” (My ghetto story)
Köroğlu-Ufuk-Emin	Former journalist in the shuttered Karşı newspaper. Charges of “membership in an armed terrorist organization” and “disclosing the identities of public officials who have taken part in the fight against terrorism.”
Köseli-Bünyamin	Journalist accused of taking part in or supporting the coup attempt in Turkey 2016l Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 6 years and 3 months.
Koşar-Arif	Evrensel’s former owner. Charges of "insulting" Turkishness and state institutions under Article 301 of the Penal Code
Kucuk-Cem	Convicted of “insulting the president”
Küçük-Sebla	Translator. Acquitted of charge of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization"
Kuloğlu-Muhammed-Sait	Fhe founder and publisher of news website Subuhaber. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Kumbaracibasi-Ibrahim Onur	Responsible manager FOX TV
Kuray-Zeynep	Reporter for BirGün daily.
Kurşun-Çetin	Azadiya Welat
Kurtcebe-Nuri	One of Turkey’s most prominent cartoonists
Kuru-Mehmet	Zaman Eskişehir reporter
Kurcan-Emrullah	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Kutahyali-Rasim-Ozan	Former Sabah columnist

Mağden-Perihan	Columnist and author. Fined TL 7,000 for “insulting the president”
Mahalli-Hüsnü	Has worked for various media outlets for years, writing columns on international affairs. Was handed down a suspended sentence of two years, five months in prison on Thursday for insulting Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
Maman-Kamil	Former Bugün reporter. Left the country according to AA (1)
Matur-Olgun	The owner of the news website Bizim Antalya,
Mavioğlu-Ertuğrul	Journalist Özgür Gündem. Sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison on the charge of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist group”
Mayda-Ölgun	Former reporter for the shuttered Cihan News Agency
Musa-Kaya	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Memis-Ahmet	Haberdar news website. Charges of terrorism on suspicion they are linked to an international religious network led by preacher Fethullah Gülen. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - "being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Mert-Halil İbrahim	TRT (Erzurum)
Mert-Nuray	Turkish columnist. Has been given a suspended one year, three month sentence for signing a “peace declaration” in 2016 that urged Turkey to resume negotiations with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Mete-Semiha	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi reporter/distributor
Müftüoğlu-Dicle	responsible managing editor of the shuttered Dicle News Agency (DİHA)

Nasuhbeyoğlu-Vural	Evrensel’s former responsible managing editor. Convicted of “insulting the president”
Nazlim-Deniz	Reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency (MA), faced an arrest warrant.
Nesin-Ahmet	Cumhuriyet columnis. “Terrorism propaganda” charg. The court acquitted Fincancı, Önderoğlu and Nesin of all charges.

Ocak-Hazal	Reporter for Cumhuriyet daily.
Ôge-Mustafa	The owner of Didim Özgürses. Accused of “incitement” for publishing a press statement
Öget-Mehmet-Ali̇	Former TRT employee
Ogreten-Tunca-Ilker	Freelance journalist and former editor for the online opposition newspaper Diken. fined TL 7,000 for “insulting the president”
Oğur-Yıldıray	Former Taraf executive
Oğuz-Yüksel	Journalist Özgür Gündem
Okatan-Derya	Ankara-based reporter for the online news platform Artı Gerçek. Was taken into custody on 21 February 2019 during a police raid on her home and later released.
Okay-Togay	Özgür Gelecek
Oktay-Meltem	Former reporter for the shuttered pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA)
Okur- İdris	Cihan New Agency Çorum reporter
Olgun-Mediha	Sözcu video journalist. Wasd released following months of detention over terror links,
Ölmez-Cihan	Yeni Yaşam newspaper
Önderoğlu-Erol	RSF Turkey representative
Ölçen-Ramazan	Publisher of banned Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat. Charged of being a member of a terrorist organisation.
Önal-Sertan	Halkın Günlüğü reporter
Öncel-Arjin-Dilek	Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reporter. Charge of “spreading terrorism propaganda.” Öncel faced up to 7 years and 6 months in prison in the case, where the accusation stemmed from her social media posts.
Öner-Gökhan	Former reporter for the now shuttered Dicle news agency (DİHA
Öner-Servet	Former editor for the magazine Demokratik Modernite,
Ondes-Ender	Özgür Gündem journalist
Önemli-Necdet	Sözcü newspaper' responsible managing editor. Charge of “making those involved in the fight against terrorism a target”
Orman-Emre	Reporter for the Net News Agency. Arrested on charge of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Örs-Hasan-Hüseyin	Former TRT employee
Oruç-Aziz	Was arrested on 11 December 2019. Jailed after spending one week in police custody
Oruc-Mehmet-Sah	Mezopotamya news agency (MA) reporter
Oruç-Ömer	Cihan newspaper
Oruc-Serife	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), on July 4, 2016, while she was traveling in a car with her cousin and a driver who had picked them up while they were hitchhiking between the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Batman,
Öz- Cumali	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Öz-Güray	Columnist Cumhuriyet. Was convicted 25 April 2018 of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced to three years and nine monthss in jail. Supreme Court of Appeals (Court of Cassation) 16th Penal Chamber has ruled that the execution of the sentences of seven columnists for Cumhuritet shall be suspended and requested the journalists be released.
Özay-Mutlu	Internet Reporter, Print reporter.Cihan reporter
Özbek-Yelda	Jin news reporter
Özdabak-İbrahim	Cartoonist of Yeni Asya daily. Will stand trial on terrorism charges due to their social media posts and cartoons.
Özdemir-Beytullah	Zaman Düzce bureau chief
Özdemir-Mehmet	Managing editor of Yeni Hayat
Ozden-Erdem	Reporter for the newspaper Mavi Didim. Accused of “incitement” for publishing a press statement
Özdilek-Zehra	Reporter for Cumhuriyet daily. Will stand trial on the charge of “making those involved in the fight against terrorism a target”
Özdogan-Nuray	Özgür Gündem columnist. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Özer- Kemal	Reporter for Evrensel daily. Charged with “membership in a terrorist organization,” and was convicted of the charge and sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
Özergün-Değer	Former editor in chief of the shuttered Millet daily. Charges of “membership in an armed terrorist organization” and “disclosing the identities of public officials who have taken part in the fight against terrorism.”
Özgentürk-Işıl	Columnist for Cumhuriyet daily. Was given a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months on the charge of “inciting hatred and animosity or degrading the public”
Özkan-Cüneyt Seza	Former news editor at the shuttered Samanyolu TV
Özkan-Muhammet	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Özkara-Mehmet Kadir	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Özkaya-Hüseyin	Former Taraf reporter. Convicted of “membership in a terrorist organization.” Sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
Özşengül-Şükrü-Tuğrul	Former police academy instructor and TV commentator. Tuğrul Özşengül was given a prison sentence of 12 years on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization.” The court ruled to keep him bars.
Ozturk-Ice-Sevim	Investigative journalist. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” and sentenced to 3 years, 1 month and 15 days in prison.
Öztürk-Fadıl	Contributor to the news website Artı Gerçek. Was given a prison sentence of 1 year and 10 months for “conducting propaganda for a terrorist organization”
Öztürkeri-İbrahim-Halil	Former TRT employee
Özyurt- Abdullah	Zaman reporter
Özyurt-Ahmet-Feyzullah	Journalist

Paksoy-Ozgur	DİHA reporter. Was given a prison sentence of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days in a trial where he was accused of “propaganda” for his social media posts. Sentenced to five months in prison each on the charge of “publicly degrading the judicial bodies of the state.”
Parıldak-Ayşenur	Former court reporter based in the city for the shuttered daily Zaman
Pehlivan-Ferhat-Harun	ETHA reporter
Parlak-Ferhat	Silvan Mücadele newspaper owner. Charge of “membership in a terrorist group.” Was released on probation 9 july 2019 after the anonymous witness changed his previous statement
Parlak-Halime	Jin news reporter
Pilgir-Muhsin	Former reporter for the shuttered outlets Zaman and the Cihan News Agency
Piskin-Cansu	Reporter for the daily Evrense. Accused in the indictment of “making those assigned in the fight against terrorism a target”
Polat-Baris	Reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency. Sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for “membership of a terrorist group.”
Polat-Fatih	Chief editor of the daily newspaper Evrensel. The court ruled to acquit Polat of “insulting the president” on the grounds that the article was within the scope of the freedom to inform the public as per Article 28 of the Constitution..
Portakal-Fatih	FOX TV anchorman. Accused of “disclosing the private communication between two individuals”

Sabuncu-Murat	Former chief editor of Cumhuriyet .Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years.
Sagindik-Ugur	Journalist
Sağırlı-Ahmet	Türkiye
Şahin-Semiha	ETHA editor
Sahin-Orhan	Journalist. Accused of “insulting the president”
Şakir-Emin	Publisher. Was aquitted of the “membership in a terrorist organization” charge at the end of the second hearing of his trial on 15 February 2019.
Sancılı-Kemal	Former publisher of Özgür Gündem. Was released from the Edirne F Type Prison late on 11 October 2019 after completing a 3-year sentence he was given in a previous case. Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Sanli-Eda Akıllı	A columnist for the news website Bizim Antalya,
Şanlı-Ufuk	Former politics and economy correspondent for the shuttered daily newspaper Millet. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Sargin-Eray	News editor for Yolculuk
Sari-Cagri	Former responsible managing editor of Evrensel daily. Accused of “libel and insult” for the newspaper’s coverage of “Paradise Papers” leaks
Sariibrahimoglu-Lale	Zaman newspaper
Sayılır-Hanife	Former TRT employee
Sayilgan-Idris	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA). Sentenced to 8 years and 3 months for "being a member of a [terrorist] organization [PKK]" and "making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization." Was freed on 27 Nov 2019, after spending more than three years behind bars.
Sefa-Said	Accused of attempting a military coup and being a leader of an armed terrorist organization.
Şeftali-Serhat	Zaman regional bureau chief for the Med region
Sekizkardes-Ahmet-Metin	Columnist/op-ed contributor for Zaman newspaper
Selçuk-İdris	Former TRT employee
Selvi-Sefer	Evrensel daily’s cartoonist
Şen- Erdal	Former Meydan managing editor
Sener-Nedim	Nedim Sener, Journalist, Author, Named “World Press Freedom Hero” by the International Press Institute
Serin-Saim
Sevi-Selahattin	Former Zaman photography coordinator, Left the country according to AA (1)
Shim-Serena	Worked with Iran's state-run Press TV, died in a car crash in the Suru district of Sanliurfa on Sunday in what Press TV called a "suspicious" accident after she had said she was accused of spying by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT).
Şık-Ahmet	Reporter Cumhuriyet. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” Was given prison terms of more than five years. The Court of Cassation ruled to change the charges from aiding a terrorist organisation to creating propaganda for a terrorist organisation,
Sik-Bülent	Acquitted Şık of “disclosing restricted information” and “procuring restricted information” but convicted him of “disclosing confidential information obtained by virtue of duty” and sentenced him to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court did not defer the sentence.
Simsek-Ismail-Cem	Former responsible managing editor for Evrensel. Sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization.” The court ruled to keep him behind bars.
Şimşek-Yakup	Former layout editor for the shuttered newspaper Zaman
Sinmiş-İhsan	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Söğütlü-Buse	Reporter for Gazete Yolculuk
Soncan-Emre	Former military affairs correspondent for the shuttered daily newspaper Zaman
Sönmez-Atakan	Former news director of Cumhuriyet daily’s online edition. Sentenced to 10 months in prison on the charge of “printing or publishing declarations or announcements legitimizing or praising the methods of a terrorist organization.” The sentence was suspended.
Soydal-Onur Fazıl	The owner of the news website Antalya,
Sümeli-Mehmet-Emin	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Sunbat-Kamuran	Former DİHA Çukurova reporter
Söyler-Özlem	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Sur-Sedat	Özgürüz reporter. A Turkish court on Nov. 9 ruled 11 months and 20 days of a prison sentence for Sur over the charges of "targeting an appointed mayor, insult, and making propaganda of an illegal organisation".
Sürek-Kamil-Tekin	Evrensel columnist. Stands accused of “insulting the president” in a newspaper column
Susem-Erdal	Editor of the leftist culture magazine Eylül Sanat Edebiyat Dergisi (September Arts Literature Magazine),

Tanik-Muhterem	Acquitted of the charge of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization".
Tanik-Ünal	Chief editor of the news website Rotahaberota Haber editor-in-chief. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Tanir-Ilhan	Was a columnist for Hürriyet Daily News
Tarlak- Pinar	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi employee. Accused of “membership in a terrorist organization,” “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” and “publishing terrorist group publications.”
Tas-Atilla	Former singer and columnist for the defunct Meydannews. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member”. "knowingly and willingly aiding a [terrorist] organization," 37 months; free considering time served. Acquitted of the charge “making those involved in combating terrorism a target.”
Tas-A-Vahap	Former reporters for DİHA.
Taşar-Hasan	Former TRT employee
Taşdelen-Hakan
Taşkın- Ceren	Hatay'ın Sesi
Taşkın-Seda	Mezopotamya News Agency reporter
Taşkın-Semiha	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi reporter/distributor*
Tekay-Lezgin
Tekin-Mehmet-Çağlar	Journalist. Accused of “insulting the president”
Temel-Isminaz	Reporter and editor for the socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA). İsminaz Temel are standing trial on terrorism-related charges
Temel-Tahir	Özgür Gündem newspaper. Sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison for "terror propaganda."
Toker-Çiğdem	Cumhuriyet columnist. The Ankara 1st Civil Court of First Instance on 6 December 2018 dismissed a compensation case against journalist Çiğdem Toker
Tolu-Meşale	News agency (ETHA) reporter. Accused of terrorism-related charges,
Topaloğlu-Sadık	Reporter for Mezopotamya news agency (MA)
Topaloğlu-Yusuf	Former reporter for the shuttered Dicle news agency (DİHA)
Tözeren-Ayşegül	Writer and a columnist for the daily Evrensel. Was taken into custody 20 August 2019.
Tunccelik-Irfan	Reporter for the Mezopotamya Agency
Turay-Abdulkadir	DİHA reporter
Tunç-Cemal	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Turan-Salih	Journalist who formerly worked for the Kurdish desk of the Sputnik news agency. Was jailed pending trial on 13 February 2019 on terrorism-related charges.
Turan-Semra	The Tunceli reporter for Mezopotamya. No reason has been given for her detention.
Turay-Abdulkadir	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA)
Turfent-Nedim	Reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA). Sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison.
Türköne-Mümtazer	Political scientist and columnist for the shuttered daily newspaper Zaman. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Tunca-Sami	Mücadele Birliği magazine managing editor
Tuzlu-Sait Gürkan	Former reporter for the shuttered Cihan News Agency.

Ucar-Davut	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper.
Uğur-Can	Journalist BirGün daily
Ulu-Cetin	Özgür Gündem nefor “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,” Newspaper journalist. Have been acquitted of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization."
Ulu-Gokmen	Daily Sözcü journalist. Was released following months of detention over terror links,
Uludağ-Alican	Cumhuriyet reporter. An Istanbul court gave him a prison sentence of 10 months on the charge of “breaching the confidentiality of a criminal investigation”
Ulus- Cuma	Former news editor for the shuttered daily newspaper Millet. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Ünal-Ali	Zaman columnist. Convicted of "founding and leading an armed terrorist organization" and sentenced him to 19 years and six months in prison.
Ünal-Mustafa	Former Ankara correspondent for the shuttered newspaper Zaman. Convicted for “attempting to overthrow the constitutional order” and “membership in a terrorist group.”
Ural-Nuriye	Zaman newspaper
Ünal-Serpil	Mücadele Birliği reporter
Unker-Pelin	The finance desk editor for Cumhuriyet daily. Sentenced to one year and 15 months in prison in addition to a 8860 lira ($1,615) fine over her articles detailing large transactions in overseas tax havens conducted by former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s sons. A Turkish court on Thursday 28 March 2019 dropped a case against journalist Pelin Ünker for allegedly defaming Turkey’s Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and his brother Serhat Albayrak
Urun-Hicran	Özgürlükçü Demokrasi editor. Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” and given a prison term of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days
Usluer-Oğuz	Habertürk former broadcasts coordinator. Charges of "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order" and "attempting to overthrow the government of the Republic of Turkey or preventing it from doing its duty." Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges.
Usul-Turgut	TRT reporter
Utku-Bülent	Cumhuriyet Foundation board member. Was convicted 25 April 2018 of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced to four years and six months in jail. Was placed on probation and banned them from traveling until the appeals process has ended, according to reports.

Varli-Deniz	Freelance journalist

Yağmur-Fatih	Former Radikal reporter. Left the country according to AA (1)
Yakut-Osman	Former reporter for the shuttered daily Zaman,
Yalçın-Abbas	Former responsible editor Cumhuriyet daily. The “Insult” case against him was dismissed.
Yalcin-Soner
Yalçın-Nurcan	Jin news reporter
Yarkadas-Baris	Journalist and a former CHP MP, was given a 10-month prison sentence on the charge of “invasion of privacy” in a lawsuit launched upon a complaint by former Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar.
Yasar-Fuat	Journalist
Yasar-Ihsan	Grant Holder of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accused of “membership in a terrorist organization,” “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” and “publishing terrorist group publications.” On 28 June 2019 the 23rd High Criminal Court of Istanbul ruled to release Yaşar.
Yasul-İshak	Managing Editor Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Sentence to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days in prison, for “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” . Convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” and given a prison term of 3 years, 1 month and 15 days. Sentenced to five months in prison each on the charge of “publicly degrading the judicial bodies of the state.”
Yavaş-Ahmet	TRT radio Erzurum correspondent
Yavaş-Sezai	TRT Diyarbakır deputy regional director*
Yavuzel-Kemal	News coordinator for the citizen journalism platform Dokuz8 Haber
Yazgan-Vahit	Former Izmir Province correspondent for the now-shuttered daily newspaper Zaman,
Yazıcı- Fevzi	Zaman chief designer. Sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization.” The court ruled to keep him behind bars.
Yazkan-Mustafa	Former TRT employee.
Yeni-Murat	Turkish TV presenter. Arrested on terrorism charges
Yeşil-Nuri	Azadiya Welat Dersim bureau chief
Yıldırım-Rahmi	The head of the disciplinary committee of the Turkish Journalists Union (TGS). Acquitted in “insult” case
Yildiz-Muyesser	Odatv news editor. Sued by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who claimed a report amounted to “slander” against him.
Yıldız-Yetkin	Chief editor of the news website Aktifhaber. Prison terms given on “terrorism” charges. - being a member of a [terrorist] organization," 7 years and 6 months.
Yıldız-Yılmaz	Journalist in the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper. Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda; Publishing and distributing terrorist organization’s material
Yildrim-Meryem	Journalist. Charge of “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization” over her social media posts.
Yilmaz-Bulent	Journalist BirGün daily
Yılmaz-İdris	Editor of the Van-based Gazete Yaşam. Convicted of “membership in a terrorist organization,” and given a prison sentence of 6 years and 3 months. A prison sentence of 1 year and 3 months given in July 2018 to jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz on the charge of “libel” was reversed by an appellate court.
Yılmaz- Şeref	Irmak TV
Yılmaz-Mehmet-Y.	Journalist Hurriyet newspaper. He is accused of “insulting a public official” over a series of articles in which he inquired about the rise in former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and his sons’ wealth.
Yilmaz-Metin	Daily Sözcü editor-in-chief. Sentenced to 3 years and 4 months for “knowingly and willingly aiding the terrorist organization FETÖ/PDY without being its member,”
Yilmaz-Ugur	DİHA – Photojournalist. Convicted of “membership in a terrorist organization” and sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison and acquitted of “disseminating propaganda”
Yilmaz-Zuleyha	Özgür Gündem newspaper.
Yoksu-Metin	Reporter for Dihaber
Yorulmaz-İhsan	Özgür Gündem newspaper
Yüce-Ali	TRT Radio broadcasts chief
Yucekaleli-Yonca	Accused of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member”
Yücel-Deniz	The Turkey correspondent for the German newspaper Die Wel
Yucel-Mustafa-Ilker	Aydınlık newspaper’s editor in chief. Charged with “disclosing confidential information relating to the security of the state”
Yücel-Nadir	Çorum Yıldız local newspaper editor-in-chief
Yücel-Songül	Önsöz editor in chief
Yüksel-Erol	TRT News Department vice president

Zan-Serbest	Özgür Gündem newspaper
Zarakolu-Ragıp	Özgür Gündem newspaper journalist
Zavar- Erol	Odak magazine owner and newsroom director
Zamur-Erdoğan	Gün Matbaacılık employee
Zengin-Kasım	Owner of Gün Printing House
Zeybek-Osman	Former TRT employee
Zileli-Ümit	HaberTürk columnist

* http://platform24.org/en/articles/658/

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