Emin Şakir, who was the editor of the solyayin.com website consisting a digital archive of all leftist publications in Turkey, was imprisoned pending trial by on 28 November 2017. He was reportedly charged with “propagandising for a terrorist organization” on the grounds of listing “the banned publications” on the website and attending the Gezi Park demonstrations in İzmir.
Şakir was released from Maltepe Prison in June 2018 by a decision of the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court upon accepting an indictment prepared by the prosecutor against him.