“Writer Ahmet Altan, his brother Mehmet Altan, journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, former editor-in-chief of Zaman newspaper Ekrem Dumanlı, former Taraf writer Emre Uslu, journalist Tuncay Opçin, Samanyolu Television’s Washington representative Şemseddin Efe, former editor-in-chief of Today’s Zaman newspaper Bülent Keneş, Professor Osman Özsoy, Zaman newspaper’s Israel correspondent Abdulkerim Balcı, Mehmet Kamış, deputy editor-in-chief; Faruk Kardıç, executive Faruk Kardıç; Fevzi Yazıcı, the visual director of the newspaper; Şükrü Tuğrul Özşengül, a lecturer at the Police Academy; Yakup Şimşek, the brand manager of Zaman newspaper; Ali Çolak, who worked on the culture and arts page of the newspaper; and Tibet Murat Sanlıman, the owner of the agency that shot Zaman’s advertisement film, which was published on October 10, 2015 and was alleged to have called for a coup in the indictment.
During the second hearing of the case held on September 19, 2017, Istanbul 26th High Criminal Court decided to separate the cases of defendants Dumanlı, Özsoy, Uslu, Opçin, Balcı, Keneş, Kardıç, Kamış, Efe and Çolak, for whom an arrest warrant was issued, as they have not yet been caught.
Kamış, who was detained on November 22 due to “attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order” and referred to Istanbul 26th High Criminal Court on November 23 after his interrogation at the prosecutor’s office, was arrested on the grounds of “suspicion of escape” (November 23)
The 21st hearing in the trial of imprisoned journalist Mehmet Kamış on the charge of “attempting to destroy the Grand National Assembly of Turkey or preventing it from fulfilling its duties,” “attempting to destroy the Government of the Republic of Turkey or preventing it from fulfilling its duties,” “attempting to destroy the Constitutional order” (TCK 311/1) and “membership in a terrorist organization” (TCK m.220/2) was held at the İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on 2 May 2024. The court ruled to keep Kamış in pre-trial detention. The trial was adjourned until 25 July 2024. (2nd May).
