The Constitutional Court ruled that awarding of compensation of 50000 Turkish Liras for the case against the Cumhuriyet newspaper publishing news piece on the press release by CHP press secretary Mustafa Özyürek, violated the freedom of expression and press. It was filed by Fethullah Gülen in 2009.
In addition, the Constitutional Court decided to send the decision to the court for the elimination of all the results and to pay 10 thousand TL non-pecuniary compensation to Yeni Gün News Agency Press and Publishing Inc. and Cumhuriyet Foundation. The decision taken on 27 December 2017 was brought up on 24 February 2018.