The Bakırköy Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit against the poet-writer Yılmaz Odabaşı under Article 299/1 of TCK regarding his article entitled “Zamanın Vicdanında İki Mahkum” published on September 3, 2015.
Odabaşı was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months of imprisonment at the final hearing of 25 January 2017 of the case which was held in the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul Büyükçekmece Courthouse. The prison sentence was deferred.