The 4th High Criminal Court of Manisa, with the decision dated July 1, 2018, acquitted the journalist İbrahim Coşkun of the “membership in a terrorist organisation” and “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” charges due to having Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper in his car. In accordance with this decision, the letter from the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office stated that there was no confiscation order on the newspapers dated 25 August 2016.