Released on March 9, of the defendants in Cumhuriyet trial journalists Ahmet Şık and Murat Sabuncu were at Justice Watch.

Journalists Outside has prepared a video to draw attention to 500 days of imprisonment of Akın Atalay, who has been arrested as part of the investigation launched against Cumhuriyet.

Supreme Court of Appeal has reversed the district court decision foreseeing a 5 years and 10 months prison sentence for Dündar and 5 years of prison sentence for Gül. Supreme Court has ruled that Dündar shall be sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison while Gül shall be acquitted.

Call was made at “Justice Watch”, which was initiated by rights organizations to support Cumhuriyet newspaper’s arrested lawyers, for trial of Cumhuriyet to be held today.

Sentence has been passed in trial of 28 media workers 18 of whom are arrested including journalist Murat Aksoy and musician Atilla Taş charged with “being a member of an illegal organization” and “attempting coup”.

İstanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace has blocked access to 11 news URL upon business person Bozovalı’s demand including bianet’s article. bianet’s content was about a journalistic debate.

Journalists Outside initiative has made a call for Cumhuriyet trial to be held on March 9, Friday.

Akit TV presenter Ahmet Keser has resigned from his post at the channel following backlash, while Justice and Development Party (AKP) Spokesperson Ünal has stated that they cannot approve Keser's words. Prosecutors have launched an investigation into Keser.

Regarding the claims that TAF kills civilians in Afrin, Akit TV Presenter has said, “If we had the intention to kill civilians, we would have started doing it from Nişantaşı, Etiler..Right? I mean there are lots of traitors, there is the parliament..”

All six defendants under arrest including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak were given aggravated life sentences in the attempted coup media case concerning seven defendants.

Cumhuriyet newspaper executives have filed a criminal complaint against Akit TV presenter Yusuf Ozan, who targeted Cumhuriyet and its employees.

Professional journalist associations have expressed outrage at pro-government Akit TV Presenter Yusuf Ozan after he targeted and threatened Cumhuriyet newspaper by saying: "It is permissible to kill the likes of you.”