25 October 2025
The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a new indictment requesting a merger against journalist Abdurrahman Gök, accusing him of “membership in an organization” under Article 314/2 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court accepted the indictment and merged it with Gök’s ongoing case in which he is already being tried for “membership in an organization” (TCK 314/2) and “propaganda for an organization” (Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law – TMK).
The indictment is based on the 2022 statements of a secret witness codenamed “K8Ç4B3L1T5”, who described Gök’s journalistic activities and his photographing of Kemal Kurkut’s killing during the 2017 Diyarbakır Newroz as “organizational links.” Gök was detained on 25 April 2023, held in pre-trial detention for 225 days, and later released. The next hearing of the merged case is scheduled for 25 November 2025.
