The Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced the former managing editors of Cumhuriyet newspaper Faruk Eren and Bülent Özdoğan to pay a total of 84 thousand TL although they published a disclaimer due to the request of the Mayor of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Mehmet Özhakeki concerning the news article titled “Ne istedilerse almışlar” published on May 16, 2018.