Berzan Güneş, a reporter for Mezopotamya News Agency, was arrested on June 11, 2018 in Şırnak province, he was charged with “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”.Güneş appeared in the court for the first time on August 7, 2018, connecting to the courtroom via SEGBIS video conference system from Şırnak. He was released after the hearing. He has been tried for his articles published in social media. His file was merged with the case in which he has been tried for “membership in a terrorist organisation” at the Second High Criminal Court in Istanbul.