Released in September 2021 in the trial where he was facing “blackmailing” charges and having written about a tender at the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli Ses newspaper’s owner Güngör Arslan lost his life in an armed attack (February 19).
The court handed down its ruling in the trial of 14 defendants, six arrested pending trial, over the killing of Kocaeli Ses newspaper’s owner and managing editor Güngör Arslan. Two defendants were given life imprisonment and seven people were sentenced to prison (January 9).