The accusation stemmed from a news story published in Evrensel in February 2010 — when Polat was the responsible managing editor of the daily. The story was about leaked tapes of an alleged phone conversation between former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and former AKP MP Burhan Kuzu.
In the final hearing at İstanbul 2nd Criminal Court of the First Instance held on March 7, Fatih Polat was acquitted.