As part of an Ankara-based investigation, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Managing Editor Diren Yurtsever, MA reporters Berivan Altan, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Hakan Yalçın, Ceylan Şahinli, Emrullah Acar and JinNews reporters Habibe Eren and Öznur Değer as well as Mehmet Günhan were detained on October 25, 2022 (October 25).
Having testified at the Ankara Courthouse, MA Managing Editor Diren Yurtsever, MA reporters Berivan Altan, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Hakan Yalçın, Ceylan Şahinli, Emrullah Acar and JinNews reporters Habibe Eren and Öznur Değer were arrested on charge of “membership of a terrorist organization” (October 29).
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On May 16, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Mehmet Günhan, Hakan Yalçın and Zemo Ağgöz were released at the first hearing (May 16).
On July 5, during the second hearing, the court ruled for the continuation of the judicial control measures and rejected the journalists’ request for exemption. The request for the return of digital materials was rejected and the case was adjourned to October 26, 2023 (July 5).
