Sezgin Kartal, editor of “Sosyalist Dayanışma magazine”, was detained on 25 May 2017 at the Çağlayan Courthouse in Istanbul as his 18-month prison sentence for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” due to his piece in the magazine published in April 2016, was upheld. The decision was taken by the 13th High Criminal Court of Istanbul on 17 January 2017.