BirGün daily newspaper reporter Zeynep Kuray was detained in a house raid by Anti-Terror teams at 10 p.m. on October 25, 2017 and was taken to İstanbul Security Directorate. She was released after she gave her testimony to a İstanbul prosecutor.
Kuray was charged with “propagandizing for a terror organization” due to her Facebook posts.
8 May 2025
The Istanbul 26th High Criminal Court acquitted journalist Zeynep Kuray, who was on trial on the charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” based on her social media posts from 2014 to 2023.
Kuray did not attend the hearing, while her lawyer Batıkan Erkoç requested additional time to respond to the prosecutor’s final opinion seeking conviction. However, after a brief recess, the court announced its acquittal verdict, stating that “the alleged act is not defined as a crime in the law.”
