Arrested journalists Aytekin Gezici and Abdullah Özyurt, Zaman Newspaper Adana Rep. Bilal Öğütçü and Hasan Ertaş who are being sought by arrest warrant and Yüksel Evsen, Taner Talaş, Hakan Bülent Yardımcı, Rıfat Söylemez, Ali Pekmezci, TGS Adana Branch Chairsperson Salim Büyükkaya, Abdurrahim Haklıkul, Mustafa Naim Yalçınel and Osman Palamut who are pending trial, are prosecuted with the charge of being a member of FETÖ and facing up to 15 years of imprisonment each.
On 12 July 2017, Adana 11th Heavy Criminal Court decided to separate the files of Bilal Öğütçü and Hasan Ertaş. The trial is adjourned until 16 February 2018.