Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Mehmet Aslan and Esra Solin Dal and Yeni Özgür Politika reporter Erdoğan Alayumat were taken into custody during house raids conducted on April 23 in an operation based in Istanbul and arrested on April 26 on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization.” The reporters were released on 21 May, pending trial and under judicial control measures (26 April-21 May).