The prosecutor demanded Altan’s imprisonment on grounds that two of Altan’s social media posts from 2015 featured photographs of YPG militants holding guns, and that these posts “ legitimized and praised the organization’s methods including force, violence or threats” at the 9th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır. The court found Altan guilt of “propagandising for a terrorist organistaion” over his social media ports and sentenced him 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment on July 13, 2018. The execution of the sentence was suspended.
The 9th High Criminal Court of Diyarbakır acquitted journalist Fuat Yaşar of the charges against him at the end of the first hearing of his trial on July 13.