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Standing trial for “entering a forbidden military zone” in Edirne while reporting on the situation of refugees heading towards Turkey-Greece border, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Naci Kaya and İdris Sayılğan have been acquitted.

The journalist's attorney has said that the allegations against him were the same as a previous case.

Announcing its opinion as to the accusations, the prosecutor’s office has demanded that journalist İdris Sayılğan be penalized on charge of “repeated terror propaganda” over his Facebook posts. He previously served 1,137 days behind bars.

Sayılğan had spent 1,137 days behind bars before being released by a court of appeal.

Taken into custody in Edirne while reporting on the situation of refugees heading towards Turkey-Greece border, Mezopotamya Agency reporter İdris Sayılğan has been arrested. Naci Kaya is still in custody despite a verdict of release by the court.

We have talked to journalist İdris Sayılğan, who was arrested due to his news and phone calls with news sources and released from prison after serving 1,137 days behind bars...

The court of appeal has ruled for the release of İdris Sayılğan, who was previously sentenced to 8 years and 3 months in prison for "terrorism-related" charges.

The ECtHR has requested Turkey’s defense in the case of journalist İdris Sayılğan, thereby requesting defense in a lawsuit filed against a journalist working in the Kurdish media for the first time since the coup attempt on July 15, 2016.