24 December 2025
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Nurcan Bilge Gökdemir, Ankara Bureau Chief of BirGün newspaper, over news reports based on Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) findings published four years ago. The indictment cites the 2 January 2021 report titled “This is how the public’s money is wasted” and the 3 January 2021 report titled “It is impossible to collect loans from the capital”, which were the subject of a complaint filed by Ziraat Bank under Article 5411 of the Banking Law. Gökdemir faces up to three years in prison. The case will be heard at Istanbul 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance, which accepted the indictment.