A court found Çiçekçi guilty for “propagandasing for a terrorist organization [PKK]” (TMK 7/2)and sentenced him to three years and nine months imprisonment on January 17.

In almost two months 4 different High Criminal Court filed 14 cases in one week, with the same allegation against Ziya Çiçekçi, the former publisher of the shuttered pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem.

The cases involve accusations of “propagandasing for a terrorist organization [PKK]” (TMK 7/2) over columns or news stories published in the Özgür Gündem daily. Seven trials against Çiçekçi were filed on March 14; five on March 15 and two more on March 21.

The 15th hearing in the trial of shut-down Özgür Gündem newspaper’s licensed publisher Ziya Çiçekçi on the charge of “terrorism propaganda” (TMK 7/2) at the İstanbul 33rd High Criminal Court was held summarily upon the lawyer’s presenting excuses and was adjourned (3 May).

The 16th hearing in the trial of journalist Ziya Çiçekçi on the charge of “terrorism propaganda” was held at the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court on 20 September 2024. No one attended the hearing. The trial was adjourned for a future date (September 20).