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Standing trial due to their participation in the Özgür Gündem daily Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign Ayşe Düzkan, Mehmet Ali Çelebi and Ragıp Duran as well as Özgür Gündem’s former co-Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Aykol and writer Hüseyin Bektaş are facing 46 years in prison.

İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court has convicted journalist Hayri Tunç to 2 years in prison on charge of “propagandizing for the terrorist organization” in his social media postings and news photographs.

Bekir Coşkun is convicted to 1 year-2 months-17 days of prison for “insulting parliament members” in his column “Painted Stairs” in Cumhuriyet Newspaper.